Diocese of Vitebsk, Belarus

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Vitebsk / Віцебская (Беларуская) / Vicebsk (Italiano) / Vitebscen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Minsk–Mohilev

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1999.10.13: Established as Diocese of Vitebsk / Віцебская (Беларуская) / Vicebsk (Italiano) / Vitebscen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev and became suffragan of Minsk–Mohilev)

Bishop (2013.11.29 – ...):

Bishop Aleh Butkevich (53)

Bishops of Vitebsk (Roman Rite)

Bishop Aleh Butkevich (53)
(2013.11.29 – ...)

Bishop of Vitebsk (Belarus)

Priest of Vitebsk (Belarus) (2000.05.13 – 2013.11.29)

Vice-President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2006? – 2021.04.14)

Bishop of Vitebsk (Belarus) (2013.11.29 – ...)

President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2021.04.14 – 2024.05.07)

Msgr. Franciszek Kisiel
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.02.25 – 2013.11.29)

Bishop Władysław Blin (Уладзіслаў БЛІН) (70)
(1999.10.13 – 2013.02.25)

Bishop emeritus of Vitebsk (Belarus)

Priest of Włocławek (Poland) (1980.05.25 – 1999.10.13)

Bishop of Vitebsk (Belarus) (1999.10.13 – 2013.02.25)

Area: 40,000 km²

Population: 165,500 Catholics (11.9% of 1,396,430 total)

Pastoral Centres: 95 parishes

Personnel: 69 priests (39 diocesan, 30 religious), 70 religious (32 brothers, 38 sisters), 6 seminarians