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‘The Most Beautiful Diocese in the World’: Meet the Bishop of Southern Russia

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For more than two decades, Bishop Clemens Pickel has led a diocese that is larger than Texas and California combined.Bishop Clemens Pickel. Courtesy photo.His Diocese of St. Clement at Saratov covers much of Southern Russia, stretching all the way from the Caucasus to the Ural Mountains. Yet it serves only around 20,000 Catholics.Pickel is originally from Germany, but he didn’t grow up in the prosperous, capitalistic western part of the country.…

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“I Believe My Diocese Is the Most Beautiful in the World”: Encounter with Bishop Clemens Pickel

“I believe my diocese is the most beautiful in the world”: An encounter with Bishop Clemens Pickel. For more than 20 years, the German Bishop Clemens Pickel has led a diocese larger than France, Spain, and Germany combined. Bishop Clemens Pickel. Photo courtesy. His Diocese of St. Clement of Saratov stretches across large parts of southern Russia – from the Caucasus to the Urals. Only around 20,000 Catholics live in an area of more than 1.3 mill…

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pillarcatholic.com broke the news on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.
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