Diocese of Grodno

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Diocese of Grodno
Dioecesis

Statistics
Country:	Belarus
Metropolitan:	Minsk-Mohilev
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	25,000 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	1,010,000 (2004) 630,000 (62.4%)
Cathedral:	св. Францішка Ксаверыя (Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Aleksander Kaszkiewicz

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grodno (Latin: Grodnen(sis) Latinorum, Belarusian: Гродзенская} is an diocese located in the city of Hrodna in the Ecclesiastical province of Minsk-Mohilev in Belarus.

Contents 1 History 2 Leadership 3 See also 4 Source

[edit] History

• April 13, 1991: Established as Diocese of Grodno

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Grodno (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Aleksander Kaszkiewicz (Аляксандр Кашкевіч) (since April 13, 1991)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Belarus

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy