Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Archdiocese
name= Mother of God at Moscow
Матери Божией в Москве
latin=Archidioecesis Moscoviensis Matris Dei
country= Russia
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Cathedral of the Mother of God
cocathedral =
area= 2,629,000
population= 58,820,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 200,000
catholics_percent= 0.3
bishop= Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B.
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Archdiocese of Moscow, also known as Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow ({Latin: " Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei", _ru. "Матери Божией в Москве") is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Moscow, in Russia.
History
* April 13, 1991: Established as Apostolic Administration of European Russia from the Archdiocese of Mogilev [http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Catholic_Russia.html] and the Diocese of Tiraspol [ [http://www.katolsk.no/utenriks/kronologi/russia.htm Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Russia ] ]
* November 23, 1999: Territory ceded to the new Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia, centred in Saratov; remaining territory renamed Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia
* February 11, 2002: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow
Leadership
* Archbishops of Mother of God at Moscow (Latin rite)
** Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B. (since September 21 2007)
** Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (February 11, 2002 – September 21, 2007)
* Apostolic Administrators of Northern European Russia (Latin rite)
** Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (April 13, 1991 – February 11, 2002)
uffragan Dioceses
* Saint Clement at Saratov
* Saint Joseph at Irkutsk
* Transfiguration at Novosibirsk
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Russia
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/moth0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmosc.html Catholic Hierarchy] "(Both the above incorrectly claim that the territory of the Archdiocese was taken from that of the diocese of Vladivostok)"
References
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