Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov

The Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov (Latin: Dioecesis Saratoviensis Sancti Clementis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Russia. The diocese's episcopal see is located in the city of Saratov. The Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Mother of God at Moscow.

Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov Dioecesis Saratoviensis Sancti Clementis Епархия Святого Климента в Саратове
Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Location
Country	Russia
Metropolitan	Mother of God at Moscow
Coordinates	{{WikidataCoord}} – missing coordinate data
Statistics
Area	1,400,000 km2 (540,000 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 45,000,000 20,000 (0.1%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Собор Святых Апостолов Петра и Павла)
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Clemens Pickel
Map

History

• 1848: Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol with the see in Saratov since 1852
• November 23, 1999: Established as Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia from the Apostolic Administration of European Russia
• February 11, 2002: Promoted as Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov

Leadership

• Bishops of Saint Clement at Saratov (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Clemens Pickel (since 2002.02.11)
• Apostolic Administrators of Southern European Russia (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Clemens Pickel (1999.11.23 – 2002.02.11)

Churches

• Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Tambov
• St. Liborius Church, Krasnodar
• St. Nicholas' Church, Volgograd
• The Last Supper Church, Rostov-on-Don
• Transfiguration Church, Pyatigorsk

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Russia
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol (Russia)

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

External links

• (in Russian) Website of the Diocese
• (in German) Saint Clement's Archived 2019-04-02 at the Wayback Machine