Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk

Diocese of Vitebsk Dioecesis Vitebscensis Віцебскай дыяцэзіі
Location
Country	Belarus
Ecclesiastical province	Minsk-Mohilev
Metropolitan	Minsk-Mohilev
Statistics
Area	40,000 km^2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 1,431,800 172,000 (12%)
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Aleh Butkevich
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz
Bishops emeritus	Wladyslaw Blin
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The Diocese of Vitebsk (Latin: Vitebscen(sis), Belarusian: Віцебская) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Vitebsk in the ecclesiastical province of Minsk-Mohilev in Belarus.

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)

Churches

• Church of the Divine Providence in Słobódka^[1]
• Church of the Corpus Christi in Ikaźń [pl]^[2]

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Belarus

References

1. "Слабодка — парафія Божага Провіду" (in Belarusian). Catholic.by. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
2. "Касцёлу Божага Цела ў Іказні 100 гадоў. Гісторыя святыні" (in Russian). Catholic.by. Retrieved 2022-03-04.

Sources

• Official website
• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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