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{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction      = Archdiocese
| name              = Maria Santissima in Astana
| latin             = Archidioecesis Sanctae Mariae in Astanansis
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<!---- Locations ---->
| country           = [[Kazakhstan]]
| territory         = 
| province          = Maria Santissima in Astana
| metropolitan      = 
| archdeaconries    = 
| deaneries         = {{unbulleted list|Astana|Kokshetau|Kostanay|Pavlodar|Petropavlovsk|Greek-Catholic Parishes}}
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| area_km2          = 576,400
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| population        = 3,650,000
| population_as_of  = 2013
| catholics         = 60,000
| catholics_percent = 1,6
| parishes          = 34
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<!---- Information ---->
| denomination      = [[Roman Catholic]]
| sui_iuris_church  = [[Latin Church]] 
| rite              = [[Roman Rite]]
| established       = 7 July 1999 
| cathedral         = Our Mother of Perpetual Help in [[Astana]]
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| priests           = 17
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| pope              = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change -->
| patriarch         = 
| major_archbishop  = 
| bishop            = 
| bishop_title      = Archbishop
| metro_archbishop  = [[Tomasz Peta]]
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| suffragans        = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one -->
| auxiliary_bishops = [[Athanasius Schneider]]
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| vicar_general     = Roland Jaquenoud
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| map               = Kazakistan - Arcidiocesi di Astana.png
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<!---- Website ---->
| website           = [http://catholic-kazakhstan.org/Astana/En/index.htm]
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}}

The '''[[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] [[Diocese|Archdiocese]] of Mary Most Holy in [[Astana]]''' ({{lang-la|Archidioecesis Sanctae Mariae in Astanansis}}) is a Latin [[archdiocese]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in [[Kazakhstan]].

Its [[cathedral]] episcopal see is the Marian Cathedral of [[Our Mother of Perpetual Help]], in the Kazakh national capital [[Astana]]. Founding and only Apostolic administrator [[Tomasz Peta]] was appointed the first Archbishop of Mary Most Holy in Astana by John Paul II on May 17, 1999.

== History ==
[[Pope John Paul II]] erected it as the '''[[Apostolic Administration]] of Astana''' on July 7, 1999, on territory split off from the then [[Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan]] (which lost more territories and became the diocese of Karaganda and soon after, unusually, daughter diocese Astana's suffragan), and 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 : 
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Karaganda]] (its parent diocese)
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Santissima Trinità 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]] (1999.07.07 – 2003.05.17), [[Titular Bishop]] of [[Benda (Albania)]] (2001.02.15 – 2003.05.17)

;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Astana 
* [[Tomasz Peta]] (2003.05.17 – ...), also President of Episcopal Conference of Kazakhstan (2003.05 – ...)

== See also ==
* [[Roman Catholicism in Kazakhstan]]

== Sources and External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mari6.htm GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmsas.html Catholic-Hierarchy]

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