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Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Emeritus Bishops
  
Wladyslaw Blin

Country
  
Belarus

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
40,000 km²

Emeritus bishop
  
Wladyslaw Blin

Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 1,448,000 170,000 (11.7%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus in Vitebsk

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev

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.

Contents

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)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk Wikipedia
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