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.
Diocese of Vitebsk Dioecesis Vitebscensis Віцебскай дыяцэзіі | |
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| 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 | |
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History edit
- 13 October 1999: Established as Diocese of Vitebsk from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk – Mohilev
Leadership edit
- Bishops of Vitebsk (Roman rite)
- Wladyslaw Blin (Уладзіслаў БЛІН) (since 13 Oct 1999)
- Aleh Butkevich (Алег Буткевіч) (since 29 Nov 2013)
Churches edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Слабодка — парафія Божага Провіду" (in Belarusian). Catholic.by. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ "Касцёлу Божага Цела ў Іказні 100 гадоў. Гісторыя святыні" (in Russian). Catholic.by. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
Sources edit
55°09′48″N 30°12′55″E / 55.1632°N 30.2154°E
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