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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk Mohilev

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Minsk-Mohilev

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Belarus

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
69,800 km²

Auxiliary bishop
  
Juri Kasabutski

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 4,709,000 610,000 (13%)

Cathedral
  
Архікатэдральны касцёл Імя Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі (Cathedral of the Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in Minsk

Co-cathedral
  
Архікатэдра Імя Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі (Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and St. Anthony) in Mogilev

The Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev (Latin: Minscen(sis) Latinorum-Mohilovien(sis) Latinorum, Belarusian: Мінска-Магілёўская архідыяцэзія) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Minsk and Mogilev in Belarus.

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History

  • 9 August 1798: Established as Diocese of Minsk from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev
  • 13 April 1991: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk – Mohilev

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • National Sanctuary of the Mother of God of Budslau, Budslau

    • Leadership

  • Archbishops of Minsk-Mohilev (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (since 2007.09.21)
  • Bishop Antoni Dziemianko (Антонi Дзям’янка) (Apostolic Administrator 2006.06.14 – 2007.09.21)
  • Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк) (1991.04.13 – 2006.06.14)
  • Bishops of Minsk (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (Apostolic Administrator 1989.05.10 – 1991.04.13)
  • Bishop Boļeslavs Sloskāns (Apostolic Administrator 1926.08.13 – 1981.04.18)
  • Bishop Zygmunt Łoziński (1917.11.02 – 1925.10.28)
  • Bishop Jakub Ignacy Dederko, S.J. (1798 – 1829.02.13)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Grodno
  • Pinsk
  • Vitebsk

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev Wikipedia
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