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
Coordinates	52°15′46.008″N 104°15′26.176″E / 52.26278000°N 104.25727111°E / 52.26278000; 104.25727111
Statistics
Area	9,960,000 km (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
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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 km. 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

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

v t e 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]
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