Joseph Werth [SEP] religious order
center of his diocese is at Novosibirsk, the capital of Siberia, where the cathedral stands. He has sent church workers to the largest cities of Siberia, as well as many towns with sizeable Catholic populations.
Joseph Werth began studies for the priesthood clandestinely in Lithuania under the direction of a leader of the underground Jesuits, who also secretly accepted him into the Lithuanian Province of the Society of Jesus. Later he completed his studies at the seminary in Kaunas. In 1984 Father Werth became the first Roman Catholic priest ordained since
- "Suffragan Bishops of (Transfiguration at) Novosibirsk
- Joseph Werth, S.J. ("see above" 2002.02.11 - ...), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia (2005.02 – 2011.01.19)
Statistics.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 512,000 Catholics (2.0% of 25,600,000 total) on 2,000,000 km² in 70 parishes and 160 missions with 38 priests (19 diocesan, 19 religious), 1 deacon and 77 lay religious (20 brothers, 57 sisters).
Dependent churches include: