Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk

Diocese of Vitebsk

Dioecesis Vitebscensis

Віцебскай дыяцэзіі
Location
CountryBelarus
Ecclesiastical provinceMinsk-Mohilev
MetropolitanMinsk-Mohilev
Statistics
Area40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2014)
  • 1,431,800
  • 172,000 (12%)
Information
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopAleh Butkevich
Metropolitan ArchbishopTadeusz Kondrusiewicz
Bishops emeritusWladyslaw Blin
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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

On 13 October 1999, the Diocese of Vitebsk was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev. That same year, the diocesan Caritas (Belarusian: Карытас Віцебскай дыяцэзіі) was set up.[1]

Leadership

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

Churches

See also

References

  1. ^ "Карытас". kascelmery.by (in Belarusian). Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Слабодка — парафія Божага Провіду" (in Belarusian). Catholic.by. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  3. ^ "Касцёлу Божага Цела ў Іказні 100 гадоў. Гісторыя святыні" (in Russian). Catholic.by. Retrieved 2022-03-04.

Sources

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