Diocese of Tiraspol
51 ° 31 '48.8 " N , 46 ° 1' 53.7" E
The diocese of Tiraspol was founded on July 3, 1848 and was a immediates diocese in Russia and the Soviet Union with its seat in the Russian city of Saratov .
The name comes from the Moldovan city of Tiraspol .
history
The diocese was established from the Archdiocese of Mahiljou in 1848 primarily to better organize the pastoral care of the Volga Germans and other German-speaking colonists ( Black Sea Germans ), especially in Odessa and on the Dnepr . In addition, the diocese also had a number of Armenian Catholics and Chaldean Catholics in the jurisdiction. The seminary was in Saratov.
Ever since it was founded, the Roman Catholic Church has faced severe hostility from the Russian administration, which was expressed, for example, in an eight-year vacancy between 1864 and 1872.
The diocese was founded on 11. February 2002 canceled its territory to that in Russia located Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov combined. The parts located in the Republic of Moldova were added to the new diocese of Chișinău .
territory
The episcopal pastoral care area lay in an extensive area that included both Moldovan, Ukrainian and Russian territory (up to Samara ).
Bishops
- Ferdinand Helanus Kahn (1848–1864)
- Franz Xaver von Zottmann (1872–1889)
- Anton Zerr (1889–1902)
- Eduard von der Ropp (1902–1904)
- Josef Alois Kessler (1904–1933)