Diocese of

Karaganda

Kazakhstan

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Karaganda / Karagandan(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Most Holy Mary in Astana

Neighbouring Dioceses: Atyrau (←), Most Holy Mary in Astana (↑), Xinjiang 新疆 (→), Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1991.04.13: Established as Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan (from Diocese of Vladivostok and from the suppressed Apostolic Administration of Leningrad)
1997.09.29: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Tajikistan, Mission sui juris of Turkmenistan and Mission sui juris of Uzbekistan
1997.12.22: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Kyrgyzstan
1999.07.07: Promoted as Diocese of Karaganda / Karagandan(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Almaty, Apostolic Administration of Astana and Apostolic Administration of Atyrau)
2003.05.17: Became suffragan of Most Holy Mary in Astana

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.01.31 – ...):

Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro (77)

Auxiliary Bishop (2021.06.29 – ...):

Bishop Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy (50)

Titular Bishop of Maiuca

General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

Ordinaries

Bishops of Karaganda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro (77)
(2015.01.31 – ...)

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.)
(2011.02.05 – 2014.07.15)

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)

Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C. (76)
(2003.05.17 – 2011.02.05)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1950.03.28 (Horodok, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1980.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.05.28

Titular Bishop of Arba (1991.04.13 – 1999.07.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan) (1991.04.13 – 1999.07.07)

Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan) (1999.07.07 – 2003.05.17)

Archbishop-Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan) (2003.05.17 – 2011.02.05)

Bishop Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C. (76) (later Archbishop)
(1999.07.07 – 2003.05.17)

(see above)

Apostolic Administrators of Kazakhstan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C. (76) (later Archbishop)
(1991.04.13 – 1999.07.07)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. (64) (2006.04.08 – 2011.02.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, Mother of All Nations, Karaganda, Karaganda
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Joseph, Karaganda, Karaganda
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Atyrau (←), Most Holy Mary in Astana (↑), Xinjiang 新疆 (→), Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 711,208 km²

Population: 12,389 Catholics (0.5% of 2,726,173 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes, 19 missions

Personnel: 21 priests (15 diocesan, 6 religious), 40 religious (8 brothers, 32 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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