Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk Dioecesis Neosiberiana Transfigurationis Преображенской епархии в Новосибирске
Cathedral of the Transfiguration
Location
Country	Russia
Metropolitan	Mother of God at Moscow
Statistics
Area	2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 25,000,000 500,000 (2.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Transfiguration
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Joseph Werth,S.J.
Auxiliary Bishops	Stephan Lipke,S.J.
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TheDiocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Latin:Dioecesis Neosiberiana Transfigurationis) is asuffraganLatin Churchdiocese of theCatholic Church in theecclesiastical province of theMother of God at Moscow.

Itscathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of theTransfiguration, in the city ofNovosibirsk, inSiberia (Asian Russia).

• Established on April 13, 1991 asApostolic Administration of Novosibirsk, on territory split off from theDiocese of Vladivostok and theMetropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev (nowArchdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev)
• Renamed on May 18, 1999 asApostolic Administration of Western Siberia, having lost territory to establish the thenApostolic Administration of Eastern Siberia (now Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk)
• Promoted and renamed-back on February 11, 2002 asDiocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk

(allRoman rite, so far missionary members of Latin congregations)

Apostolic Administrators of Novosibirsk (Siberia)

• Joseph Werth,Jesuits (S.J.), (1991.04.13 – 1999.05.18see below),Titular Bishop ofBulna (1991.04.13 – 2002.02.11)
• Jerzy Mazur,Divine Word Missionaries (S.V.D.) (1998.03.23 – 1999.05.18), Titular Bishop ofTabunia (1998.03.23 – 2002.02.11), laterApostolic Administrator ofEastern Siberia (Russia) (1999.05.18 – 2002.02.11), Apostolic Administrator ofYuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia) (2000 – 2003.04.17), Bishop ofSaint Joseph at Irkutsk (Russia) (2002.02.11 – 2003.04.17), Bishop ofEłk (Poland) (2003.04.17 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator ofWestern Siberia

• Joseph Werth, S.J. (see above 1999.05.18 – 2002.02.11see below)

Suffragan Bishops of (Transfiguration at) Novosibirsk

• Joseph Werth, S.J. (see above 2002.02.11 - ...), President ofConference of Catholic Bishops of Russia (2005.02 – 2011.01.19)

As per 2014, it pastorally served 512,000 Catholics (2.0% of 25,600,000 total) on 2,000,000 km² in 70 parishes and 160 missions with 38 priests (19 diocesan, 19 religious), 1 deacon and 77 lay religious (20 brothers, 57 sisters).

Dependent churches include:

• Holy Trinity Church, Tobolsk
• St. Anne's Church, Yekaterinburg
• St. John Chrysostom Church, Novokuznetsk
• St. Joseph's Church, Tyumen
• Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary, Tomsk

• Roman Catholicism in Russia

• GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Siberian Catholic Newspaper - website of the press service of the Diocese of the Transfiguration at NovosibirskArchived 2010-04-14 at theWayback Machine
• Catholic Church in Western Siberia
• St. Nicholas Catholic Orphanage in Novosibirsk

• Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
• Christian organizations established in 1991
• Roman Catholic dioceses in Siberia
• Roman Catholic dioceses in Russia
• 1991 establishments in Russia
• Christianity in Novosibirsk

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