The Roman Catholic Church in Belarus, united in the

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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 ...

, a Slavic ex-Soviet country in Eastern Europe, is presently only composed of one Latin

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, comprising the Metropolitan of Minsk-Mohilev and his three Suffragan dioceses. There are no Eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Belarus as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) in the national capital

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

Current Latin Dioceses

Ecclesiastical Province of Minsk-Mohilev

* Metropolitan

Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Grodno The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grodno ( la, Grodnen(sis) Latinorum, be, Гродзенская дыяцэзія) is a diocese located in the city of Grodno in the Ecclesiastical province of Minsk-Mohilev in Belarus. History * 13 April 1991: Es ...

** Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk

Defunct jurisdictions

Latin defunct jurisdiction

* Metropolitan

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mohilev The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mohilev (or Mogilev or Mahilyow) was a territorial Latin rite division of the Roman Catholic Church, covering a significant western proportion of the territory of the Tsarist Russian empire. History It was er ...

(1783-1991, merged into Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev, losing its

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n territories to establish

Apostolic Administration of European Russia The Archdiocese of Moscow, also known as Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow ( la, Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei, russian: Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdioc ...

and

Apostolic Administration of Novosibirsk The Roman Catholic Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk ( la, Neosiberian(a) Transfigurationis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow. Its cathedral episc ...

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Eastern Catholic defunct jurisdictions

Ruthenian Catholic defunct jurisdictions

* Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Pinsk–Turaŭ (1596-1795, suppressed) *

Ruthenian Catholic Archeparchy of Polotsk–Vitebsk The Archeparchy of Polotsk(-Vitebsk) was a suffragan eparchy of the Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia in the Ruthenian Uniate Church from 1596 to 1839. It was situated in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cathedral of the archep ...

(1596-1839, suppressed)

Ukrainian Catholic defunct jurisdictions

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Volodymyr–Brest The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Volodymyr–Brest (Volodymyr–Brėst of the Ukrainians) was an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the particular Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Byzantine rite) in parts of Ukraine and Belarus u ...

(1596-1833, suppressed) *

Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus The Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus (or Belarus of the Ukrainians) was a short-lived (1940–42) Apostolic Exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the particular Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (By ...

(1942-1944, suppressed)

Sources and external links

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