Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow
Appearance
Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow Archidioecesis Moscoviensis Matris Dei Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,629,000 km2 (1,015,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 58,800,000 200,000 (0.3%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Mother of God (Собор Матери Божией) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Pope Francis |
Bishop | Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B. |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Archdiocese of Moscow, also known as Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow (Latin: Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei, [Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a Latin Rite archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Moscow, in Russia.
History
- 13 April 1991: Established as Apostolic Administration of European Russia from the Archdiocese of Mogilev[1] and the Diocese of Tiraspol[2]
- 23 November 1999: Territory ceded to the new Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia, centred in Saratov; remaining territory renamed Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia
- 11 February 2002: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow
Leadership
- Apostolic Administrators of Northern European Russia (Latin rite)
- Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (13 April 1991 – 11 February 2002)
- Archbishops of Mother of God at Moscow
- Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (11 February 2002 – 21 September 2007)
- Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B. (21 September 2007 - )
Suffragan dioceses
See also
Sources
(Both the above incorrectly claim that the territory of the Archdiocese was taken from that of the diocese of Vladivostok)
References
External links
- http://www.catedra.ru/ Moscow Immaculate Conception Catholic Cathedral
- http://www.cathseminary.ru/ Roman Catholic Seminary in Russia