Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana
Sanctae Mariae in Astana
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Astana, Kazakhstan
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese based in the Kazakh capital, established on July 7, 1999 as the Apostolic Administration of Astana and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese by John Paul II on May 17, 2003. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Astana. Polish-born Archbishop Tomasz Peta has led the see since 2003 and presides over the Bishops' Conference of Kazakhstan.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 May 2003
- Latin
- Sanctae Mariae in Astana
- Patron
- Beata Vergine Maria, San Giovanni Paolo II
- Annuario code
- 001002163
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 60,000
- Population
- 3,650,000
- Catholic share
- 1.6%
- Priests
- 17
- Catholics per priest
- 3,529
- Extent
- 576,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Tomasz Bernard Peta
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Astana stands in Astana, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Astana
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Administration of AtyrauAtyrau
- Diocese of KaragandaKaraganda
- Diocese of Santissima Trinità in AlmatyAlmaty
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Ul. Tashenova 26, P.O. Box 622, 010010 Astana, Kazakhstan
- Telephone
- [7172]68.28.78
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].