Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus is the collective body of the national church and the administration of the
Catholic Church
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in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
. It was established and approved on February 11, 1999. The first chairman was Cardinal
Kazimierz Świątek
Kazimierz Cardinal Świątek ( be, Казімір Свёнтак, translit=Kazimir Sviontak; 21 October 1914 – 21 July 2011) was a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was most known for his resistance to Cold ...
.
Chairmen of the Conference
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Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek
Kazimierz Cardinal Świątek ( be, Казімір Свёнтак, translit=Kazimir Sviontak; 21 October 1914 – 21 July 2011) was a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was most known for his resistance to Cold ...
(1999 to 2006)
* Bishop
Aleksander Kaszkiewicz from 2006 to 2015
* Archbishop
Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz from 2015 to present
Composition
As of 2015, the conference consisted of:
* Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev
Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Chairman
* Bishop of
Vitebsk
Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest c ...
Aleh Butkewitsch, deputy chairman
* Assistant Bishop of
Grodno Josif Staneuski, Secretary-General
* Bishop of
Grodno Aleksander Kaszkiewicz
* Bishop of
Pinsk
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Anthony Demyanko
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* Assistant Bishop of
Pinsk
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,
Kazimierz Wielikosielec
Kazimierz Wielikosielec ( be, Казімір Вялікаселец, Kazimir Vialikaselets; born May 5, 1945) is a Belarusian prelate of the Catholic Church and a Dominican. Since 1992, he has been the Vicar General and Dean of the Diocese of Pins ...
* Assistant Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev,
Juri Kasabutski Juri, JURI or Jüri may refer to:
Law
* Dative singular case of Latin Jus
*Committee on Legal Affairs, committee of the European Parliament, known as JURI
Places
*Juri Upazila, subdistrict (''upazila'') in Maulvibazar District, Sylhet Division, ...
* Assistant Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev,
Aleksandr Jaschewski
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
Structure
There are committees, councils and sections on various subjects and responsibilities including:
* Pastoral center
* Ecclesiastical court
* Construction Bureau
* Commission for the Family
* Catechetical section
* Translation of liturgical texts and official documents of the Commission of the Catholic Church of God Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments
* Church music and worship God the Commission Discipline of the Sacraments
* Media
* Catholic Association for Communication SIGNIS-BELARUS.
See also
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Episcopal Conference
An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to ...
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Catholic Church in Belarus
The Catholic Church in Belarus is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The first Latin Rite diocese in Belarus was established in Turaŭ between 1008 and 1013. Catholicism was a traditionall ...
Notes
;Further reading
gcatholic.org
External links
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Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
Catholic Church in Belarus
Christian organizations established in 1999
1999 establishments in Belarus