Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev
Minscen(sis) Latinorum - Mohilovien(sis) Latinorum
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese of Belarus, seated in Minsk with a co-cathedral in Mohilev. The Diocese of Minsk was erected 9 August 1798 from the Dioceses of Vilnius and Lutsk; in 1991 it was united with the historic Archdiocese of Mohilev and elevated as the metropolitan see of Minsk-Mohilev, with suffragans Grodno, Pinsk, and Vitebsk. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Minsk.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1798
- Latin
- Minscen(sis) Latinorum - Mohilovien(sis) Latinorum
- Annuario code
- 001002250
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 610,000
- Population
- 4,709,000
- Catholic share
- 13.0%
- Priests
- 133
- Catholics per priest
- 4,586
- Extent
- 69,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.7
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
- Archbishop
- Iosif Staneuski
- Born
- 4 April 1969
- Birthplace
- Zanievichy
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 of the Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Minsk stands in Minsk-Mohilev, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Anthony, Mohilev.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Minsk-Mohilev
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GrodnoGrodno
- Diocese of PinskPinsk
- Diocese of VitebskVitebsk
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the Belarusian cities of Minsk and Mogilev, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev (Belarusian: Мінска-Магілёўская архідыяцэзія Мітрапаліт, romanized: Minska-Mahilowskaja archidyjacesija Mitrapalit) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church. As a metropolitan see, it presides over three suffragan dioceses.
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].