List of Catholic dioceses in Russia

The Catholic Church in Russia, united in the Episcopal Conference of Russia, comprises

• one Latin ecclesiastical province (the Metropolitan archdiocese of Moscow, with three Suffragan dioceses) and a missionary (hence exempt) apostolic prefecture.
• The Eastern Catholics have two proper jurisdictions, each belonging to a different particular church sui iuris and using a different rite.

There are no exempt Latin jurisdictions.

There is an Apostolic Nunciature as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) to the Russian Federation in the national capital Moscow.

Current Jurisdictions

Latin Church

Ecclesiastical Province of Moscow

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Moscow
  • Diocese of Novosibirsk
  • Diocese of Saratov
  • Diocese of Irkutsk

Exempt jurisdiction

(directly subject to the Holy See)

• Apostolic Prefecture of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk

Eastern Catholic Particular Churches

Russian Catholic Church

(Byzantine Rite)

• Russian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Russia

Armenian Catholic Church

(Armenian Rite)

• Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe, jointly for Russia, Armenia, Georgia (country) and Ukraine

Defunct jurisdictions

Titular sees

(all Latin)

• One non-metropolitan Titular Archbishopric : Archdiocese of Nicopsis
• Two Latin Titular bishoprics :
  • Matrega, formerly Diocese of Matriga
  • Latin Titular bishopric of Tanais, formerly of Tana, formerly Diocese of Tana

Other former dioceses

Exclusing merely renamed/promoted predecessors of current jurisdictions

Latin

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Cherson alias Tiraspol (partially in Moldova)
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Sambia (German Samland)
• Apostolic Vicariate of Siberia
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Smolensk
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Vladivostok

Eastern Catholic

• Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Smolensk

Crimea

Note that, after the Crimea peninsula, in Ukraine since Soviet days, was unilaterally annexed by the Russian Federation in March 2014, this is not taken into account by the Catholic hierarchy. The Latin rite Catholics of Crimea therefore belong to the diocese of Odessa-Simferopol which is a Suffragan of the archdiocese of Lviv.^[1]

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)

References

Sources and external links

• GCatholic - data for all sections