Biography
Bishop Werth was born 4 October 1952 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, the son of Johannes Werth (from Schönchen) and Maria Hörner. He began his religious instruction in Lithuania under the auspices of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He was ordained on 27 May 1984 and served in Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan, from 1984 to 1988 and in Marx from 1988 to 1991. He was named Titular Bishop of Bulna and Latin-Rite Apostolic Administrator of Siberia (Bishop of Siberia) by Pope John Paul II on 13 April 1991 and was consecrated on 16 June 1991. He was appointed on 11 February 2002 to be the first Bishop of the newly created Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk.
Interview with Bishop Werth on the 25th Anniversary of his ordination (2009) [in Russian]
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Sources
- Bishop Joseph Werth, S.J. (Hierarchy of the Catholic Church)
- The Church and the Russian-Germans in the Siberian Homeland Today by Eric J. Schmaltz. Fargo, ND: Germans fro
- The Church and the Russian-Germans in the Siberian Homeland Today by Eric J. Schmaltz. Fargo, ND: Germans fro