Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev

Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Archdiocese
name= Minsk-Mahilyow
latin=Archidioecesis Minscensis Latinorum-Mohiloviensis Latinorum
country= Belarus
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Архікатэдральны касцёл Імя
Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі
("Cathedral of the Holy Name
of the Blessed Virgin Mary") in Minsk
cocathedral = Архікатэдра Імя Найсвяцейшай
Панны Марыі in Mohilev
("Cathedral of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin and St. Anthony")
area= 69,800
population=
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bishop= Tadevush Kandrusievich
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops = Antoni Dziemianko

The Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev (Latin: " Minscen(sis) Latinorum-Mohilovien(sis) Latinorum", Belarusian : Мінска-Магілёўская архідыяцэзія) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Minsk and Mahilyow in Belarus.

History

* August 9, 1798: Established as Diocese of Minsk from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev
* April 13, 1991: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk – Mahilyow

pecial Churches

*Minor Basillicas:
** BVM Assumption, Budslau

Leadership

* Archbishops of Minsk-Mahilyow (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Tadevush Kandrusievich (since 2007.09.21)
** Bishop Antoni Dziemianko (Антонi Дзям’янка) (Apostolic Administrator 2006.06.14 – 2007.09.21)
** Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк) (1991.04.13 – 2006.06.14)
* Bishops of Minsk (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (Apostolic Administrator 1989.05.10 – 1991.04.13)
** Bishop Boļeslavs Sloskāns (Apostolic Administrator 1926.08.13 – 1981.04.18)
** Bishop Sigismondo Lozinski (1917.11.02 – 1925.10.28)
** Bishop Jakub Ignacy Dederko, S.J. (1798 – 1829.02.13)

uffragan Dioceses

* Hrodna
* Pinsk
* Vitsebsk

ee also

*Roman Catholicism in Belarus

ource

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/mins0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmins.html Catholic Hierarchy]