Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk
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 2010) 1,448,000 170,000 (11.7%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus in Vitebsk |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Aleh Butkevich |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz |
Emeritus Bishops | Wladyslaw Blin |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk (Latin: Vitebscen(sis), Belarusian: Віцебская) is an diocese 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)