Diocese of

Most Holy Trinity in Almaty

Kazakhstan

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (English) / Santissima Trinità in Almaty (Italiano) / Sanctissimæ Trinitatis in Almata (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Most Holy Mary in Astana

Neighbouring Dioceses: Uzbekistan (↙), Atyrau (←), Karaganda (↑), Xinjiang 新疆 (→), Kyrgyzstan (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1999.07.07: Established as Apostolic Administration of Almaty / Almaten(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan)
2003.05.17: Promoted as Diocese of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (English) / Santissima Trinità in Almaty (Italiano) / Sanctissimæ Trinitatis in Almata (Latin) (became suffragan of Most Holy Mary in Astana)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.03.05 – ...):

Bishop José Luís Mumbiela Sierra (56)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

Ordinaries

Bishops of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Luís Mumbiela Sierra (56)
(2011.03.05 – ...)

Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan)
Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

Aperite plene portas Christo

Born:	1969.05.27 (Monzón, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.05.08

Priest of Lleida (Spain) (1995.06.25 – 2011.03.05)

Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan) (2011.03.05 – ...)

President of Conferenza Episcopale del Kazakhstan (2015 – 2022.04)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia (2022.04.29 – 2026.04.17)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia (2026.04.17 – ...)

Bishop Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M.
(2003.05.17 – 2011.03.05)

Mater mea fiducia mea

Born:	1931.02.14 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1956.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.11.26
Died:	2018.03.30 (Milwaukee, WI, USA † 87)

Apostolic Administrator of Almaty (Kazakhstan) (1999.07.07 – 2003.05.17)

Titular Bishop of Acholla (2000.10.14 – 2003.05.17)

Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (Kazakhstan) (2003.05.17 – 2011.03.05)

Apostolic Administrators of Almaty (Roman Rite)

Bishop Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M.
(1999.07.07 – 2003.05.17)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Almaty, Almaty City

Uzbekistan (↙), Atyrau (←), Karaganda (↑), Xinjiang 新疆 (→), Kyrgyzstan (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 711,600 km²

Population: 42,550 Catholics (0.6% of 7,445,490 total)

Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes, 10 missions

Personnel: 21 priests (16 diocesan, 5 religious), 28 religious (7 brothers, 21 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.04.24

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