Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk

Roman Catholic diocese in Russia

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Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk

Dioecesis Ircutscana Sancti Iosephi

Епархия Святого Иосифа в Иркутске

Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Location
Country| Russia
Metropolitan| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow
Statistics
Area| 9,960,000 km2 (3,850,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2004)
15,500,000
52,000 (0.3%)
Information
Rite| Latin Rite
Cathedral| Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Bishop| Cyryl Klimowicz
Map

The Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (Latin: Ircutscana Sancti Iosephi) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Irkutsk, which is part of the ecclesiastical province of the Mother of God at Moscow in Russia. The Diocese of Irkutsk is the largest geographical Catholic bishopric on earth, covering an area of 9,960,000 km2. The Catholic population of the diocese is estimated to be about 53,000. It has 42 parishes served by about 42 priests. The bishop is Cyryl Klimowicz, a Pole. The diocese is divided into five deaneries: Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Yakutsk, Vladivostok and Magadan.

## History[edit]

* May 18, 1999: Established as Apostolic Administration of Siberia Orientale from Apostolic Administration of Siberia
* February 11, 2002: Promoted as Diocese of Saint Joseph (located at San Giuseppe an Irkutsk)

## Special churches[edit]

* Former cathedral
* Church of the Most Holy Mother of God in Vladivostok, Russia

## Episcopal ordinaries[edit]

(all Roman Rite)

### Apostolic Administrators of Siberia Orientale[edit]

* Jerzy Mazur, SVD (18 May 1999 – 11 February 2002)

### Bishops of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk[edit]

1. Jerzy Mazur, SVD (11 February 2002 – 17 April 2003)
2. Cyryl Klimowicz (17 April 2003 – )

## See also[edit]

* Roman Catholicism in Russia
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Russia
* Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, Irkutsk

## Sources[edit]

* GCatholic.org
* Catholic Hierarchy

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Catholic Church in Russia

Province of Moscow|

* Archdiocese of Moscow
* Diocese of Novosibirsk
* Diocese of Saratov
* Diocese of Irkutsk

Exempt jurisdiction|

* Apostolic Prefecture of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk

Furthermore|

* List of Catholic dioceses in Russia

Bishops|

* Episcopal Conference
* Paolo Pezzi
* Nicolai Dubinin
* Joseph Werth
* Clemens Pickel
* Cyryl Klimowicz

Apostolic Nuncio|

* Giovanni d'Aniello

Education|

* St. Thomas Institute [de] (Moscow)
* "Mary, Queen of Apostles" Seminary [ru] (St. Petersburg)
* Catholic Preseminary {Novosibirsk)

Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Magistral Delegation of Russia |

Igor Kovalevsky (Chaplain)

Others|

* Russian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Russia (Byzantine Rite)
* Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe: Mikael Bassalé (Apostolic Administrator)

Former|

* Dioceses
* Archdiocese of Mohilev
* Diocese of Tiraspol
* Diocese of Vladivostok
* Apostolic Administration of Minsk-Mohilev
* Apostolic Administration of Moscow [ru]
* Apostolic Administration of Leningrad [ru]
* Apostolic Administration of Odesa
* Apostolic Vicariate of Siberia [ru]

* Catholicism portal

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