Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Minsk–Mohilev / Мінска–Магілёўская (Беларуская) / Minsk–Mahilëŭ (Italiano) / Minscen(sis) Latinorum–Mohilovien(sis) Latinorum (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Grodno, Pinsk, Vitebsk

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: March 16

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1798.10.16: Established as Diocese of Minsk / Mahilëŭ (Italiano) / Minscen(sis) Latinorum (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev and became suffragan of Mohilev)
1925.10.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Pinsk
1991.04.13: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev / Мінска–Магілёўская (Беларуская) / Minsk–Mahilëŭ (Italiano) / Minscen(sis) Latinorum–Mohilovien(sis) Latinorum (Latin) (with suffragan sees Grodno, Pinsk and Tiraspol, gained territory from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev and Apostolic Administration of Leningrad and exchanged territory with Diocese of Pinsk)
1999.10.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Vitebsk and gained suffragan see Vitebsk
2002.02.11: Lost suffragan see Tiraspol

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.09.14 – ...):

Archbishop Iosif Staneuski (55)

President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Auxiliary Bishop (2013.11.29 – ...):

Bishop Yury Kasabutski (54)

Titular Bishop of Scilium

General Secretary of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Auxiliary Bishop (2015.06.09 – ...):

Bishop Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B. (50)

Titular Bishop of Furnos maior

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Minsk–Mohilev (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Iosif Staneuski (55)
(2021.09.14 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus)
President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Evangelii gaudium Christus vivit

Born:	1969.04.04 (Zanievichy, Belarus)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.02.01

Priest of Grodno (Belarus) (1995.06.17 – 2013.11.29)

Titular Bishop of Tabaicara (2013.11.29 – 2021.09.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Grodno (Belarus) (2013.11.29 – 2021.09.14)

General Secretary of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2015.06.03 – 2021?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus) (2021.09.14 – ...)

President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2024.05.07 – ...)

Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec (Казiмiр Велікаселец), O.P. (79)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.01.03 – 2021.09.14)

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (78)
(2007.09.21 – 2021.01.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus)
former President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus

Quis ut Deus

Born:	1946.01.03 (Odelsk, Belarus)
Ordained Priest:	1981.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.10.20

Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1981.05.31 – 1989.05.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus) (1989.05.10 – 1991.04.13)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (1989.05.10 – 2002.02.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Northern European Russia (Russia) (1991.04.13 – 2002.02.11)

President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia (1999.03.02 – 2005.01.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow (Russia) (2002.02.11 – 2007.09.21)

Vice-President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2006.06.14 – 2015.06.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus) (2007.09.21 – 2021.01.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk (Belarus) (2011.06.30 – 2012.05.03)

President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2015.06.03 – 2021.01.03)

Bishop Antoni Dziemianko (Антонi Дзям’янка) (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.06.14 – 2007.09.21)

Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк)
(1991.04.13 – 2006.06.14)

Mater misericordiæ

Born:	1914.10.21 (Valga, Estonia)
Ordained Priest:	1939.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.05.21
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26
Died:	2011.07.21 (Pinsk, Belarus † 96)

Priest of Pinsk (Belarus) (1939.04.08 – 1991.04.13)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1988.02.02 – 1991.04.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus) (1991.04.13 – 2006.06.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk (Belarus) (1991.04.13 – 2011.06.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gerardo Maiella (1994.11.26 – 2011.07.21)

President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (1999.02.11 – 2006.06.14)

Bishops of Minsk (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (78) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1989.05.10 – 1991.04.13)

Bishop Boļeslavs Sloskāns
(Apostolic Administrator 1926.08.13 – 1981.04.18)

Bishop Zygmunt Łoziński
(1917.11.02 – 1925.10.28)

Born:	1870.07.05
Ordained Priest:	1895.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.07.23
Died:	1932.03.26 († 61)

Bishop of Minsk (Belarus) (1917.11.02 – 1925.10.28)

Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus) (1925.10.28 – 1932.03.26)

Archbishop Wincenty Kluczynski
(Apostolic Administrator 1910.04.07 – 1914.09.22)

Archbishop Apolinary Wnukowski
(Apostolic Administrator 1908.11.29 – 1909.06.04)

Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek
(Apostolic Administrator 1903.11.09 – 1905.08.07)

Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski
(Apostolic Administrator 1901.04.15 – 1903.02.24)

Archbishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski
(Apostolic Administrator 1891.12.14 – 1899.11.26)

Archbishop Aleksander Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewałtowski
(Apostolic Administrator 1883.03.15 – 1889.08.26)

Archbishop Antoni Fiałkowski
(Apostolic Administrator 1872.02.23 – 1883.02.11)

Bishop Adam Wojtkiewicz
(1852.03.18 – 1869.12.23)

Born:	1796.02.06 (Lithuania)
Ordained Priest:	1819.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.01.11
Died:	1870.01.04 († 73)

Bishop of Minsk (Belarus) (1852.03.18 – 1869.12.23)

Fr. Paweł Rawa
(Apostolic Administrator 1839 – 1852.03.18)

Bishop Mateusz Lipski
(1831.02.28 – 1839.11.21)

Born:	1770.09.22
Ordained Priest:	1799.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1824.09.05
Died:	1839.11.21 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis (1823.11.24 – 1831.02.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk (Belarus) (1823.11.24 – 1831.02.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus) (1827 – 1831.02.28)

Bishop of Minsk (Belarus) (1831.02.28 – 1839.11.21)

Bishop Mateusz Lipski
(Apostolic Administrator 1827 – 1831.02.28)

Fr. Józef Kamiński
(Apostolic Administrator 1824 – 1827)

Fr. Stefan Poźniak
(Apostolic Administrator 1816 – 1824)

Bishop Jakub Ignacy Dederko, S.J.
(1798 – 1816)

Born:	1753.07.15
Ordained Priest:	1776.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1798.08.26
Died:	1829.02.13 († 75)

Bishop of Minsk (Belarus) (1798 – 1816)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antoni Dziemianko (Антонi Дзям’янка) (64) (2004.12.14 – 2012.05.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Cyryl Klimowicz (71) (1999.10.13 – 2003.04.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mateusz Lipski (1823.11.24 – 1831.02.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jan Chrzciciel Louis Masclet, O.M. (1814.09.26 – 1836.07.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Minsk
Co-Cathedral: Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and St. Stanislaus, Mohilev
Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption, Budsław (Budslau)

Grodno (←), Vitebsk (↗), Mother of God at Moscow (→), Pinsk (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 69,800 km²

Population: 652,300 Catholics (15.6% of 4,179,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 122 parishes

Personnel: 133 priests (65 diocesan, 68 religious), 143 religious (83 brothers, 60 sisters), 6 seminarians