Diocese of Grodno
Grodnen(sis) Latinorum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Grodno, Belarus
Latin-rite diocese in western Belarus, the most heavily Catholic region of the country. Erected 13 April 1991 from territory of the Archdiocese of Vilnius and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Grodno.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 April 1991
- Latin
- Grodnen(sis) Latinorum
- Patron
- * Nuestra Señora de la Puerta del Alba * san Casimiro * san Maximiliano María Kolbe
- Annuario code
- 001001527
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 582,540
- Population
- 1,058,346
- Catholic share
- 55.0%
- Priests
- 219
- Catholics per priest
- 2,660
- Extent
- 25,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Aleksander Kaszkiewicz
- Born
- 23 September 1949
- Birthplace
- Ejszyszki
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Grodno stands in Grodno, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Minsk-Mohilev
A suffragan of Minsk-Mohilev.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Minsk-MohilevMinsk-Mohilev
- Diocese of PinskPinsk
- Diocese of VitebskVitebsk
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Grodno, a city in Belarus, gives its name to a Latin Church diocese (Latin: Grodnen(sis) Latinorum; Belarusian: Гродзенская дыяцэзія, romanized: Hrodzienskaja dyjacezija; Polish: Diecezja grodzieńska) that belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Minsk-Mohilev.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].