Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana

Pope John Paul II erected it as the Apostolic Administration of Astana on July 7, 1999, with territory split off from the Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan (which lost more territory and became the Diocese of Karaganda, and unusually,, to its daughter dioceses which became suffragans of Astana). He visited it in September 2001. The same pope promoted it to the Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana on May 17, 2003. == Province ==

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the metropolitan's own archdiocese and the following suffragan jurisdictions : • Diocese of Karaganda (its parent diocese) • Diocese of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty. • Apostolic Administration of Atyrau (a pre-diocesan type of jurisdiction which normally remains exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See) == Ordinaries of Astana ==

(all Roman Rite, so far European Latin missionaries) ;Apostolic Administrator of Astana • Tomasz Peta (7 Jul 1999 – 17 May 2003), Titular Bishop of Benda, Albania (15 Feb 2001 – 17 May 2003) ;Metropolitan Archbishops of Astana • Tomasz Peta (17 May 2003 – ... ), also President of Episcopal Conference of Kazakhstan (May 2003 – ... ) == See also ==

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links • Catholic-Hierarchy