Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk

Diocese of Vitebsk Dioecesis Vitebscensis Віцебскай дыяцэзіі
Location
Country	Belarus
Ecclesiastical province	Minsk-Mohilev
Metropolitan	Minsk-Mohilev
Statistics
Area	40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 1,431,800 172,000 (12%)
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Aleh Butkevich
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz
Bishops emeritus	Wladyslaw Blin
Map

The Diocese of Vitebsk (Latin: Vitebscen(sis), Belarusian: Віцебская) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Vitebsk in the ecclesiastical province of Minsk-Mohilev in Belarus.

History

• 13 October 1999: Established as Diocese of Vitebsk from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk – Mohilev

Leadership

• Bishops of Vitebsk (Roman rite)
  • Wladyslaw Blin (Уладзіслаў БЛІН) (since 13 Oct 1999)
  • Aleh Butkevich (Алег Буткевіч) (since 29 Nov 2013)

Churches

• Church of the Divine Providence in Słobódka^[1]
• Church of the Corpus Christi in Ikaźń [pl]^[2]

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Belarus

References

Sources

• Official website
• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

• v
• t
• e

Catholic Church in Belarus

Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Dioceses

• Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev
• Diocese of Grodno
• Diocese of Pinsk
• Diocese of Vitebsk

Churches

• Cathedrals:
• Cathedral of the Holy Name of Saint Virgin Mary
• Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Stanislaus, Mogilev
• St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Grodno
• Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pinsk
• Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk
• Old Cathedral of St. Barbara and St. Paul, Vitebsk
  

• Churches:
• Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Budslau
• St. Mary's Church, Grodno
• Church of Saint John the Baptist, Kamai
• Church of Holy Trinity, Minsk
• Church of Saints Simon and Helena, Minsk
• St. Nicholas' Church, Mir
• Transfiguration Church, Navahrudak
• Corpus Christi Church, Nesvizh
• Church of the Assumption, Pruzhany
• Church of the Holy Trinity, Hyervyaty
• Church of Mother of God of the Rosary, Soly

Former dioceses

• Archdiocese of Mohilev
• Archeparchy of Polotsk–Vitebsk
• Eparchy of Volodymyr–Brest
• Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus

Belarusian Byzantine

• Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
• Leo Garoshka
• Ceslaus Sipovich
• Alexander Nadson
• Sergiusz Gajek

Relations

• Apostolic Nunciature to Belarus
• Archbishop Ante Jozić

See also

• Ruthenian Uniate Church
• Church of St Cyril of Turau, London
• Our Lady of Budslau
• Kalvaryja
• Byaroza Monastery

•  Catholicism portal
•  Belarus portal

55°09′48″N 30°12′55″E / 55.1632°N 30.2154°E / 55.1632; 30.2154

This Belarus-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article about a Roman Catholic diocese in Europe is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e