Diocese of Karaganda
Karaganden(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Latin-rite diocese in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, erected in 1999 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, Mother of All Nations, consecrated in 2012 and the largest Catholic cathedral in Central Asia. Italian-born Bishop Adelio Dell'Oro has led the diocese since January 31, 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 July 1999
- Latin
- Karaganden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001811
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 31,300
- Population
- 3,590,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.9%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 1,490
- Extent
- 711,300 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Adelio Dell'Oro
- Born
- 31 July 1948
- Birthplace
- Milano
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 Lady of Fatima, Mother of All Nations, Karaganda stands in Karaganda, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana.
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Administration of AtyrauAtyrau
- Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in AstanaAstana
- Diocese of Santissima Trinità in AlmatyAlmaty
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Prospekt Shachterov 32, 100026 Karaganda, Kazakhstan
- Telephone
- [705]628-17-37
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices 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.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.