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Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
9.96 million km²

Bishop
  
Cyryl Klimowicz

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Russia

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Metropolitan
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 15,500,000 52,000 (0.3%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (Latin: Ircutscana Sancti Iosephi) is a diocese located in the city of Irkutsk, which is part of the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow in Russia. The Diocese of Irkutsk is in fact the largest geographical Catholic bishopric on earth, covering an area of 9,960,000 km2.

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History

  • 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

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

    • Episcopal ordinaries

    (all Roman Rite)

    Apostolic Administrators of Siberia Orientale

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

    • Bishops of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk

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

    References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk Wikipedia
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