Diocese of St. Joseph of Irkutsk
| Diocese of St. Joseph of Irkutsk | |
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| Country | Russian Federation |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Moscow |
| Diocesan bishop | Cyryl Klimowicz |
| founding | 1999 |
| surface | 9,960,000 km² |
| Parishes | 42 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 14,970,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 52,500 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 12 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1.313 |
| Friars | 32 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 62 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Russian |
| cathedral | Immaculate Heart of Mary , Irkutsk |
| address | ul.Gribojedova 110 P.O. Box 5428 664074 Irkutsk Russia |
| Website | catholic-irkutsk.ru |
The diocese of Saint Joseph of Irkutsk ( Latin Dioecesis Ircutscana Sancti Iosephi , Russian Епархия Святого Иосифа в Иркутске Jeparchija Swjatowo Iossifa w Irkutske ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Irkutsk, Russia . It is the largest diocese in the world.
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history
The diocese was founded on May 18, 1999 by Pope John Paul II as the Apostolic Administration of Eastern Siberia ( Siberia Orientale ) from areas of the Apostolic Administration of Siberia and established on February 11, 2002 with the Apostolic Constitution Meridionalem Russiae as the diocese of Saint Joseph of Irkutsk . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Moscow as a suffragan diocese.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrator
- Jerzy Mazur ( SVD ), until May 18, 1999
Bishops
- Jerzy Mazur (SVD), from February 11, 2002 to April 17, 2003
- Cyryl Klimowicz , since April 17, 2003
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Renovabis Annual Report 2013, p. 15 ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Meridionalem Russiae , AAS 94 (2002), n.10, p. 600f.
