Zinkovskiy named Karaganda Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy was named Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan and titular bishop of Maiuca.

Buras resigned, Sakmár named Atyrau Apostolic Administrator

Dariusz Buras resigned and Peter Sakmár was named Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

Chullikatt named Kazakhstan and Tadjikistan Nuncio

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt was named Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan and Apostolic Nuncio to Tadjikistan.

Both posts had been vacant since Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía was named Apostolic Nuncio to Romania in December 2015.

Maury Buendía named Romania Nuncio

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía was named Apostolic Nuncio to Romania.

The post had been vacant since the resignation of Archbishop Francisco-Javier Lozano in July 2015.

Archbishop Maury Buendía had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan, and Apostolic Nuncio to Tadjikistan.

Buras named Atyrau Apostolic Administrator

Father Dariusz Buras was named Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

Dell’Oro named Karaganda Bishop

Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro was named Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Janusz Wiesław Kaleta in July 2014.

Bishop Dell’Oro had been serving as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau.

Kaleta resigned as Karaganda Bishop

Bishop Janusz Wiesław Kaleta resigned as Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

Dell’Oro named Atyrau Apostolic Administrator

Bishop-elect Adelio Dell’Oro was named Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan and titular bishop of Castulo.

Howaniec retired, Mumbiela Sierra named Santissima Trinità in Almaty Bishop

Bishop Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. retired and Bishop-elect José Luís Mumbiela Sierra was named Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Schneider named Maria Santissima in Astana Auxiliary

Bishop Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. was named Auxiliary Bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Bishop Schneider had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda.

Lenga resigned, Kaleta named Karaganda Bishop

Bishop Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C. resigned and Bishop Janusz Kaleta was named Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

Bishop Kaleta continues to serve as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau.

Maury Buendía named Kyrgyzstan and Tadjikistan Nuncio

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía was named Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan and Apostolic Nuncio to Tadjikistan in addition to his duties as Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan.