Diocese of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk
Ircutscan(us) Sancti Iosephi
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Irkutsk, Russia
Latin-rite Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk in eastern Siberia, established as the Apostolic Administration of Eastern Siberia in 1999 and promoted to diocese on 11 February 2002, suffragan of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow. Covering some 9.96 million square kilometers, it is the geographically largest Catholic bishopric in the world, with its seat at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Irkutsk.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1999
- Latin
- Ircutscan(us) Sancti Iosephi
- Annuario code
- 001002899
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 52,000
- Population
- 15,500,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 1,333
- Extent
- 9,960,000 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
- Cyryl Klimowicz
- Born
- 5 November 1952
- Birthplace
- Amangeldi
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 Immaculate Heart of Mary, Irkutsk stands in Irkutsk, 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 Trasfigurazione a NovosibirskNovosibirsk
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Irkutsk and belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the Mother of God at Moscow in Russia, the Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (Latin: Ircutscana Sancti Iosephi) is the largest geographical Catholic bishopric on earth, spanning 9,960,000 km2. An estimated 53,000 Catholics live within its bounds, gathered in 42 parishes served by about 42 priests. Its bishop is Cyryl Klimowicz, a Pole, and the diocese is organized into five deaneries: Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Yakutsk, Vladivostok and Magadan.
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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.