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Diocese of Vitebsk Dioecesis Vitebscensis Віцебскай дыяцэзіі
Location
Country	Belarus
Ecclesiastical province	Minsk-Mohilev
Metropolitan	Minsk-Mohilev
Statistics
Area	40,000 km (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
• Church of the Corpus Christi in Ikaźń [pl]

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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Episcopal Conference of Belarus
Dioceses	Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev Diocese of Grodno Diocese of Pinsk Diocese of Vitebsk
Churches	Cathedrals: Cathedral of the Holy Name of Saint Virgin Mary Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Stanislaus, Mogilev St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Grodno Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pinsk Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk Old Cathedral of St. Barbara and St. Paul, Vitebsk Churches: Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Budslau St. Mary's Church, Grodno Church of Saint John the Baptist, Kamai Church of Holy Trinity, Minsk Church of Saints Simon and Helena, Minsk St. Nicholas' Church, Mir Transfiguration Church, Navahrudak Corpus Christi Church, Nesvizh Church of the Assumption, Pruzhany Church of the Holy Trinity, Hyervyaty Church of Mother of God of the Rosary, Soly
Former dioceses	Archdiocese of Mohilev Archeparchy of Polotsk–Vitebsk Eparchy of Volodymyr–Brest Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus
Belarusian Byzantine	Belarusian Greek Catholic Church Leo Garoshka Ceslaus Sipovich Alexander Nadson Sergiusz Gajek
Relations	Apostolic Nunciature to Belarus Archbishop Ante Jozić
See also	Ruthenian Uniate Church Church of St Cyril of Turau, London Our Lady of Budslau Kalvaryja Byaroza Monastery
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