The Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, is the seat of the Diocese of Karaganda. It is a Neo-Gothic cathedral, and Vladimir Sergeyev drew the plans. Bishop Jan Paul Lenga, Apostolic Administrator of Karaganda, obtained permission in 2003 to acquire land for it, because the previous seat, the Minor Basilica of St. Joseph, was too small.
Construction ran from 2003 to 2012. Donations from abroad paid for it, and the funds were intended to honor victims of communist-era persecution, including people sent to the Karlag labor camp. Bishop Athanasius Schneider helped seek funding in Germany.
It replaced the Minor Basilica of St. Joseph as the diocese's seat, and the building took about nine years to finish. Cardinal Angelo Sodano consecrated the cathedral on September 9, 2012.
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