Diocese of Vitebsk
Vitebscen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vitebsk, Belarus
Latin-rite diocese in northeastern Belarus. Erected 13 October 1999 from territory of the Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus in Vitebsk.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 October 1999
- Latin
- Vitebscen(sis)
- Patron
- Josaphat Kuntsevych
- Annuario code
- 001000118
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 172,000
- Population
- 1,431,800
- Catholic share
- 12.0%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 2,072
- Extent
- 40,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.3
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
- Aleh Butkevich
- Born
- 18 March 1972
- Birthplace
- Braslau
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 Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk stands in Vitebsk, 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 GrodnoGrodno
- Diocese of PinskPinsk
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Vitebsk in Belarus is the seat of this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church (Latin: Vitebscen(sis), Belarusian: Віцебская), which forms part of 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].