Apostolic Administration of Atyrau, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Atyrau / Atirauen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Most Holy Mary in Astana

Neighbouring Dioceses: Most Holy Mary in Astana (↗), Karaganda (→), Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (→), Uzbekistan (↘), Turkmenistan (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1999.07.07: Established as Apostolic Administration of Atyrau / Atirauen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan)
2003.05.17: Became suffragan of Most Holy Mary in Astana

Present Prelates

Apostolic Administrator:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis (2020.12.08 – ...):	Fr. Peter Sakmár (47)

Ordinaries

Apostolic Administrators of Atyrau (Roman Rite)

Fr. Peter Sakmár (47)
(Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis 2020.12.08 – ...)

Fr. Dariusz Buras
(2015.05.16 – 2020.12.08)

Born:	1971.11.16 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1998.05.30

Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan) (2015.05.16 – 2020.12.08)

Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro (77)
(2012.12.07 – 2015.05.16)

Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

Unum loquuntur omnia

Born:	1948.07.31 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1972.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.03.02

Priest of Milano (Italy) (1972.06.28 – 2012.12.07)

Titular Bishop of Castulo (2012.12.07 – 2015.01.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan) (2012.12.07 – 2015.05.16)

Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan) (2015.01.31 – ...)

Bishop Janusz Wiesław Kaleta (later Mr.)
(Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis 2011.02.05 – 2012.12.07)

Bishop Janusz Wiesław Kaleta (later Mr.)
(1999.07.07 – 2011.02.05)

In fide spe et caritate

Born:	1964.10.11 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.11.23

Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan) (1999.07.07 – 2011.02.05)

Titular Bishop of Phelbes (2006.09.15 – 2011.02.05)

Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Atyrau (Kazakhstan) (2011.02.05 – 2012.12.07)

Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan) (2011.02.05 – 2014.07.15)

Lay state (2016.05.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Atyrau, Atyrau
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Most Holy Mary in Astana (↗), Karaganda (→), Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (→), Uzbekistan (↘), Turkmenistan (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 736,612 km²

Population: 2,670 Catholics (0.1% of 3,056,025 total)

Pastoral Centres: 7 parishes

Personnel: 14 priests (13 diocesan, 1 religious), 1 deacon, 8 religious (1 brother, 7 sisters), 1 seminarian