Apostolic Administration of Belarus, Belarus 🇧🇾 (Belarussian Rite)

Rite: Belarussian (Byzantine)

Name: Belarus / Bielorussia pro fidelibus ritus byzantini (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

1939.09.17: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus
1943: Suppressed
2023.03.30: Restored as Apostolic Administration of Belarus / Bielorussia pro fidelibus ritus byzantini (Latin)

Apostolic Administrator (2026.09.14 – ...):

Fr. Liavoncij Tumouski, M.S.U. (53)

Apostolic Administrators of Belarus (Belarussian Rite)

Fr. Liavoncij Tumouski, M.S.U. (53)
(2026.09.14 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Belarus of the Belarussians (Belarus)

Born:	1973.07.09 (Polotsk, Belarus)
Ordained Priest:	2003.05.18

Apostolic Administrator of Belarus of the Belarussians (Belarus) (2026.09.14 – ...)

Archimandrite Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C.
(2023.03.30 – 2026.09.14)

Born:	1949.02.08 (Łyszkowice, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1974.06.23

Apostolic Visitator in Belarus of the Belarussians (1994.01 – 2023.03.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Belarus of the Belarussians (Belarus) (2023.03.30 – 2026.09.14)

Apostolic Exarchs of Belarus (Belarussian Rite)

Fr. Antoni Niemancewicz, S.J.
(1940.08 – 1943.01.06)

Apostolic Exarch of Belarus of the Belarussians (Belarus) (1940.08 – 1943.01.06)

Blessed Bishop Mykolai Charnets’kyi (Миколай Чарнецький), C.SS.R.
(Apostolic Administrator 1939.09.17 – 1940.08)

Population: 500 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 16 priests (diocesan), 3 deacons, 4 seminarians

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