Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy

Bishop Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy (; born 27 July 1975) is a Kazakh Roman Catholic prelate, who currently serves as the Titular Bishop of Maiuca and Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Karaganda since 29 June 2021.

Early life and education Zinkovskiy was born in the present day Akmola Region in a family of a Polish descents. His grandparents were forcibly deported by the Soviets from present day Western Ukraine. His family emigrated to Poland in 1997.

After graduation of the school education in Shortandy, he joined Major Theological Seminary in Gniezno, Poland (1992–1998) and was ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Karaganda on 1 August 1999,

Prelate On 29 June 2021 Fr. Zinkovskiy was appointed by Pope Francis as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Karaganda and Titular Bishop of Maiuca. On 12 September 2021 he was consecrated as bishop by Bishop Adelio Dell'Oro and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima in Karaganda.

On 29 April 2022 he was elected the General Secretary of the newly created Bishops' Conference of Central Asia.