Diocese of Vitebsk

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Diocese of Vitebsk
Dioecesis Vitebscensis

Statistics
Country:	Belarus
Metropolitan:	Minsk-Mohilev
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	40,000 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	1,400,000 (2004) 140,000 (10.0%)
Cathedral:	св. Барбары (Cathedral of St. Barbara)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Wladyslaw Blin

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk (Latin: Vitebscen(sis), Belarusian: Віцебская) is an diocese located in the city of Vitebsk in the Ecclesiastical province of Minsk-Mohilev in Belarus.

Contents 1 History 2 Leadership 3 See also 4 Source

[edit] History

• October 13, 1999: Established as Diocese of Vitebsk from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk – Mohilev

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Vitebsk (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Wladyslaw Blin (Уладзіслаў БЛІН) (since 1999.10.13)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Belarus

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy