Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov
| Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov | |
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| Country |
 Russian Federation
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| Ecclesiastical province | Moscow |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Moscow |
| Diocesan bishop | Clemens Pickel |
| Vicar General | Dariusz Firszt |
| founding | 1999 |
| surface | 1,400,000 km² |
| Parishes | 52 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 45,000,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 20,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 13 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 488 |
| Friars | 33 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 67 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Russian |
| cathedral | St. Peter and Paul |
| address | PO Box 1469, 410026 Saratov, Russia |
| Website | http://dscs.ru |
The Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov ( Latin Dioecesis Saratoviensis Sancti Clementis , Russian Епархия Святого Климента в Саратове Jeparchija Swjatowo Klimenta w Saratowe ) is in Russia located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Saratov .
The diocese was established on February 11, 2002 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Meridionalem Russiae and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Moscow as a suffragan diocese. It emerged from the Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia ( Russia Europea Meridionale ) and the now submerged Diocese of Tiraspol .
The diocese has been officially recognized since 2004 and is thus a kind of "registered association". The church has the right to invite foreign guests and to build houses of worship.
The diocese covers an area as large as Germany, France, Spain and Portugal combined. About 21,500 Catholics live here among about 45 million inhabitants.
Bishops
- Clemens Pickel , since February 11, 2002
See also
- Roman Catholic Church in Russia
- Conference of Catholic Bishops in Russia
- List of former Catholic dioceses
Web links
- Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov (Russian)
- Entry for the diocese of St. Clement in Saratov on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Meridionalem Russiae , AAS 94 (2002), n.10, p. 600f.
- ^ "Bishop Pickel new chairman of the Russian Bishops' Conference", L'Osservatore Romano, weekly edition in German of March 31, 2017, number 13, p. 3