Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Kazakhstan
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana (Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctae Mariae in Astanansis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Kazakhstan.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, in the Kazakh national capital Astana. The founding and only apostolic administrator, Tomasz Peta, was appointed the first Archbishop of Mary Most Holy in Astana by John Paul II on May 17, 1999.
History
Pope John Paul II erected it as the Apostolic Administration of Astana on July 7, 1999, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan (which lost more territories and became the diocese of Karaganda and soon after, unusually, daughter diocese Astana's suffragan), and visited it in September 2001.
The same pope promoted it to the Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana on May 17, 2003.
Province
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the metropolitan's own archdiocese and the following suffragan jurisdictions :
Ordinaries of Astana
(all Roman Rite, so far European Latin missionaries)
- Apostolic Administrator of Astana
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Astana
- Tomasz Peta (17 May 2003 – ... ), also President of Episcopal Conference of Kazakhstan (May 2003 – ... )
See also
Sources and external links
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