Diocese of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk
Neosibirian(us) Transfigurationis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Novosibirsk, Russia
Latin-rite Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk in western Siberia, established as the Apostolic Administration of Siberia in 1991 and promoted to diocese on 11 February 2002, suffragan of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Novosibirsk.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1991
- Latin
- Neosibirian(us) Transfigurationis
- Annuario code
- 001003268
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 512,000
- Population
- 25,000,000
- Catholic share
- 2.0%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 13,128
- Extent
- 2,000,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Bishop
- Joseph Werth, S.J.
- Born
- 4 October 1952
- Birthplace
- Karaganda
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI) (S.I.)
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 the Transfiguration, Novosibirsk stands in Novosibirsk, 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 Mother of God at Moscow
A suffragan of Mother of God at Moscow.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Madre di Dio a MoscaMoscow
- Diocese of San Clemente a SaratovSaratov
- Diocese of San Giuseppe a IrkutskIrkutsk
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan Latin Church see in the ecclesiastical province of the Mother of God at Moscow, the Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Latin: Dioecesis Neosiberiana Transfigurationis) has its cathedral episcopal see at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in the city of Novosibirsk, in Siberia (Asian Russia).
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].