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Diocese of

Vitebsk

Belarus Belarus

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Vitebsk / Віцебская (Беларуская) / Vicebsk (Italiano) / Vitebscen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Minsk–Mohilev

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Minsk–Mohilev (↙), Vilnius (←), Jelgava (←), Rēzekne–Aglona (↖), Mother of God at Moscow (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.11.29 – ...):Bishop Aleh Butkevich (50)Bishop Aleh Butkevich (50)

President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Ordinaries

Bishops of Vitebsk (Roman Rite)

Bishop Aleh Butkevich (50)Bishop Aleh Butkevich (50)
(2013.11.29 – ...)

Bishop of Vitebsk (Belarus)
President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:1972.03.18 (Braslau, Belarus)
Ordained Priest:2000.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:2014.01.18

Vice-President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2006? – 2021.04.14)

Bishop of Vitebsk (Belarus) (2013.11.29 – ...)

President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2021.04.14 – ...)

Msgr. Franciszek Kisiel
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.02.25 – 2013.11.29)

Bishop Władysław Blin (68)Bishop Władysław Blin (Уладзіслаў БЛІН) (68)
(1999.10.13 – 2013.02.25)

Bishop emeritus of Vitebsk (Belarus)

Soli Deo

Born:1954.05.31 (Swidwin, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1980.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1999.11.20

Bishop of Vitebsk (Belarus) (1999.10.13 – 2013.02.25)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 40,000 km²

Population: 169,380 Catholics (11.9% of 1,428,200 total) (2020)

Statistics: 95 parishes, 80 priests (46 diocesan, 34 religious), 78 lay religious (35 brothers, 43 sisters), 4 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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