Archdiocese of Madre di Dio a Mosca
Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Moscow, Russia
Latin-rite metropolitan Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow, established as an apostolic administration in 1991 and promoted to metropolitan archdiocese on 11 February 2002, with suffragans Saint Clement at Saratov, Saint Joseph at Irkutsk and the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow. The see is vacant: Archbishop Paolo Pezzi resigned in May 2026 and Bishop Nicolai Dubinin serves as apostolic administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1991
- Latin
- Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei
- Annuario code
- 001002100
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 200,000
- Population
- 58,800,000
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Extent
- 2,629,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Paolo Pezzi
- Born
- 8 August 1960
- Birthplace
- Russi
- Institute
- FRATERNITÀ SACERDOTALE DEI MISSIONARI DI S. CARLO BORROMEO (F.S.C.B.)
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 Immaculate Conception, Moscow stands in Moscow, 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 Mother of God at Moscow
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of San Clemente a SaratovSaratov
- Diocese of San Giuseppe a IrkutskIrkutsk
- Diocese of Trasfigurazione a NovosibirskNovosibirsk
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Moscow, in Russia, is the seat of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow, also called simply the Archdiocese of Moscow (Latin: Archidioecesis Moscoviensis Matris Dei; Russian: Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве), a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church.
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].