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Suffragan diocese Grodno, Belarus

Diocese of Grodno

Grodnen(sis) Latinorum

Latin Church

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.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Grodno, in Grodno, Belarus.

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Established
1991
Catholics
582,540
Priests
219
Territory
25,000 km²

Parishes and churches

172 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Aleksander Kaszkiewicz
Born
23 September 1949
Birthplace
Ejszyszki

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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.

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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.

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