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The Archeparchy of Polotsk was an episcopal see of Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholics in what is now Belarus.
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The see was based in the city of Polotsk. Its cathedral was the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk.
History
In 1596, the bishopric of Polotsk, of 13th-century origin, entered full communion with the Catholic Church through the Union of Brest.
To the archeparchy of Polotsk was later added the territory of the eparchies of Micislaw (also of 13th-century origin) and the 10th-century eparchies of Orsha and Vitebsk.
In the 1800s, the archeparchy was classified by the Catholic Church as a Ruthenian jurisdiction.
The Russian imperial government suppressed the archeparchy on 25 March 1839.
Archeparchs of Polotsk
The following is a list of the Catholic archeparchs of Polotsk:
References
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