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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
2.629 million km²

Bishop
  
Paolo Pezzi

Pope
  
Pope Francis

Country
  
Russia

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2013)58,800,000200,000 (0.3%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

The Archdiocese of Moscow, also known as Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow (Latin: Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei, Russian: Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве) is a Latin Rite archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Moscow, in Russia.

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History

  • 13 April 1991: Established as Apostolic Administration of European Russia from the Archdiocese of Mogilev and the Diocese of Tiraspol
  • 23 November 1999: Territory ceded to the new Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia, centred in Saratov; remaining territory renamed Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia
  • 11 February 2002: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow

    • Leadership

  • Apostolic Administrators of Northern European Russia (Latin rite)
  • Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (13 April 1991 – 11 February 2002)
  • Archbishops of Mother of God at Moscow
  • Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (11 February 2002 – 21 September 2007)
  • Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B. (21 September 2007 - )

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Saint Clement at Saratov
  • Saint Joseph at Irkutsk
  • Transfiguration at Novosibirsk

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow Wikipedia
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