Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow

Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow Archidioecesis Moscoviensis Matris Dei Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве
Location
Country	Russia
Statistics
Area
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
File:Map of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow.PNG
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Archdiocese of Moscow, also known as Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow (Latin: Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei, Russian: Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве) 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 and the Diocese of Tiraspol
• 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

• Saint Clement at Saratov
• Saint Joseph at Irkutsk
• Transfiguration at Novosibirsk

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Russia
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Russia

Source

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

(Both the above incorrectly claim that the territory of the Archdiocese was taken from that of the diocese of Vladivostok)

External links

• http://www.catedra.ru/ Moscow Immaculate Conception Catholic Cathedral
• http://www.cathseminary.ru/ Roman Catholic Seminary in Russia