Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov ( Latin: Diocesis Saratoviensis Sancti Clementis ) is a Catholic diocese with a center ( department ) in Saratov . The Cathedral of the Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov is the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul .
| Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov | |
|---|---|
| Diocesis Saratoviensis Sancti Clementis | |
 Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Saratov | |
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| Main city | Saratov |
| A country |  Russia  |
| Established | February 11, 2002 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul |
| Metropolis | Archdiocese of Mother of God |
| Parishes | 52 |
| Hierarch | Bishop Clemens Pickkel |
| Diocese population | 45 million people |
| The number of Catholics | 20,000 people |
| Share of Catholics | 0.1% |
| Site | www.dscs.ru |
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History
On July 3, 1848, Pope Pius IX issued the bull Universalis Ecclesiae cura , which established the Kherson, later Tiraspol diocese , which entered the Mogilev Metropolis . In 1853, due to the Crimean War, the department of the Tiraspol diocese was moved to Saratov. In 1993, the Tiraspol diocese was transformed into the apostolic administration of Moldova (today the Diocese of Chisinau ) and on November 23, 1999 into the Apostolic Administration of the South of European Russia .
On February 11, 2002, the apostolic administration of the South of European Russia was transformed into the Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov .
Administrative Division
The diocese of St. Clement in Saratov is divided into deans :
- Krasnodar deanery:
- Adygea
- Krasnodar region
- North Caucasian dean's office:
- Dagestan
- Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- North Ossetia
- Stavropol region
- Chechnya
- Rostov dean's office:
- Rostov region
- Astrakhan dean's office:
- Astrakhan region
- Volgograd region
- Kalmykia
- Dean of Bashkiria-Orenburg-Tatarstan:
- Bashkortostan
- Mari El Republic
- Orenburg region
- Tatarstan
- Chuvashia
- Middle Volga dean's office:
- Belgorod region
- Voronezh region
- Mordovia
- Penza region
- Samara Region
- Saratov region
- Tambov Region
- Ulyanovsk region
Statistics
According to official statistics of the Roman Catholic Church, as of 2015 , for the 45,000,000 people living in the diocese, 20,000 (0.074%) are Catholics. On the territory of the diocese there are 45 clergymen, that is, 444 Catholics per one priest [1] .
| year | population | priests | permanent deacons | the monks | parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Total | % | Total | secular clergy | black clergy | the number of Catholics per priest | men | women | |||
| 1999 | 35,000 | 47,000,000 | 0.1 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 1.029 | 18 | 32 | 52 | |
| 2001 | 35,000 | 47,000,000 | 0.1 | 33 | 12 | 21 | 1.060 | 23 | 34 | 53 | |
| 2002 | 35,000 | 47,000,000 | 0.1 | 35 | 12 | 23 | 1,000 | 28 | 36 | 61 | |
| 2003 | 35,000 | 47,000,000 | 0.1 | 39 | 12 | 27 | 897 | 32 | 46 | 55 | |
| 2004 | 35,000 | 47,000,000 | 0.1 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 875 | 24 | 43 | 57 | |
| 2010 | 20,000 | 45 | sixteen | 29th | 444 | 34 | 76 | 51 | |||
| 2014 | 20,000 | 45,000,000 | 0.1 | 41 | 13 | 28 | 487 | 33 | 67 | 52 | |
Bishops
- His Grace Bishop Clemens Pikkel since November 23, 1999
See also
- List of parishes of the diocese of St. Clement in Saratov
Notes
- β David M. Cheney. Diocese of San Clemente a Saratov (English) . The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church (May 25, 2015). Date of treatment February 21, 2016.
Links
- Official site
- David M. Cheney. Diocese of San Clemente a Saratov (English) . The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church (May 25, 2015). - Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov on the website catholic-hierarchy.org. Date of treatment February 21, 2016.