Apostolic Administration of Atyrau

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Apostolic Administration of Atyrau Apostolica Administratio Atirauensis Апостольская администратура Атырау
Location
Country	Kazakhstan
Ecclesiastical province	Maria Santissima in Astana
Metropolitan	Maria Santissima in Astana
Statistics
Area	736,612 km2 (284,407 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2017) 2 587 400 2,650 (0.1%)
Parishes	6
Churches	5
Congregations	3
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	7 July 1999
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Apostolic Administrator
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tomasz Peta
Map
Website
http://katolikkz.org/

The Apostolic Administration of Atyrau is Latin pre-diocesan Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Kazakhstan.

It has its episcopal see in the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, in Atyrau. It is not exempt, but a suffragan of the metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana. Several of its ordinaries were promoted to the episcopate in the former Soviet republic's ecclesiastical province, notably at the suffragan see of Karaganda.

History[]

On 7 July 1999, the Holy See established an Apostolic Administration based in Atyrau, on territory split from the then Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan at its promotion to Roman Catholic Diocese of Karaganda.

Incumbent ordinaries[]

• Janusz Kaleta (1999.07.07 – 2011.02.05), Titular Bishop of Phelbes (2006.09.15 – 2011.02.05);
  • stayed on as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Atyrau (Kazakhstan) (2011.02.05 – 2012.12.07) while elevated to the see of Karaganda, then went on solely as Bishop of Karaganda
• Adelio Dell’Oro (2012.12.07 – 2015.05.16), Titular Bishop of Castulo
• Friar (2015.05.16 – 2020.12.08)
• (2020.12.08 - ...)^[1]

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Kazakhstan

References[]

External links[]

• GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links

Coordinates: 47°06′49″N 51°54′13″E / 47.1137°N 51.9037°E / 47.1137; 51.9037