The Roman Catholic Diocese of Karaganda is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Mary Most Holy in Astana, yet remains subject to the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.^[1]

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Diocese of Karaganda Dioecesis Karagandansis Карагандинская епархия Qaraǵandy qalasynyń eparhiyasy
Location
Country	Kazakhstan
Ecclesiastical province	Maria Santissima in Astana
Metropolitan	Maria Santissima in Astana
Statistics
Area	711,300 km2 (274,600 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 3,590,000 31,300 (0.9%)
Parishes	Karaganda: St. Joseph Parish Karaganda: Maria Mother of the Church Parish Abaj: Annunciation of the Lord Parish Temirtau: St. Andrew Parish Balkhash: St. Francis of Assisi Parish Zhezkazgan: Transfiguration of our Lord Parish
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	13 April 1991
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, Karaganda
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Adelio Dell’Oro
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tomasz Peta
Auxiliary Bishops	Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy
Bishops emeritus	Jan Paul Lenga
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Website
catholic-kazakhstan.org/Karag/En

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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, in the city of Karaganda in Kazakhstan.^[2][3] The city also had the former Cathedral of St. Joseph.

Established on 1991.04.13 as Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan, on vast territory (most of ex-Soviet Turkestan) split off from the Diocese of Vladivostok.

Lost territories repeatedly :

• on 1997.09.29 to establish Mission sui juris of Uzbekistan, Mission sui juris of Tajikistan and Mission sui juris of Turkmenistan
• on 1997.12.22 to establish Mission sui juris of Kyrgyzstan.

Promoted on 1999.07.07 as Diocese of Karaganda, losing territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Astana, Apostolic Administration of Almaty and Apostolic Administration of Atyrau.

As per 2014, it pastorally served 8,340 Catholics (0.2% of 3,640,000 total) on 711,208 km² in 19 parishes and 2 missions with 19 priests (15 diocesan, 4 religious) and 38 lay religious (4 brothers, 34 sisters).

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan

• Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C. (1991.04.13 – 1999.07.07 see below), Ukrainian; Titular Bishop of Arba (1991.04.13 – 1999.07.07)

Suffragan Bishops of Karaganda

• Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C. (see above 1999.07.07 – 2003.05.17), personally promoted Archbishop-Bishop of Karaganda (2003.05.17 – emeritate 2011.02.05)
• Janusz Wiesław Kaleta (2011.02.05 – emeritate 2014.07.15), Polish; previously Titular Bishop of Phelbes (2006.09.15 – 2011.02.05) as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan) (1999.07.07 – 2011.02.05) and later Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of above Atyrau (2011.02.05 – 2012.12.07); lay state since 2016.05.30
• Adelio Dell’Oro (2015.01.31 – ... ), Italian; previously Titular Bishop of Castulo (2012.12.07 – 2015.01.31) as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (2012.12.07 – 2015.05.16)

• List of Catholic dioceses in Central Asia