The Archdiocese of Moscow, also known as Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow ( la, Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei, russian: Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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located in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, in

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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

Bishops

* Apostolic Administrator of Northern European Russia (Latin Church) ** Bishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (13 April 1991 – 11 February 2002 ''see below'') *

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s of Mother of God at Moscow ** Archbishop

Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz Tadevuš Kandrusievič ( be, Тадэвуш Кандрусевіч; pl, Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz; born 3 January 1946) is a Belarusian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev from 2007 to 2021. He has been a bish ...

(''see above'' 11 February 2002 – 21 September 2007), appointed Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus ** Archbishop

Paolo Pezzi Paolo Pezzi, FSCB (russian: Павел Пецци; born 8 August 1960) – also known as Pavel Pezzi – is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, currently serving as Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of M ...

, F.S.C.B. (21 September 2007 - )

Auxiliary Bishops

* Clemens Pickel (1998-1999), appointed Apostolic Administrator of Southern European Russia *

Nicolai Dubinin Nicolai Gennadyevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv. (russian: Николай Геннадьевич Дубинин, Nikolay Gennad'evich Dubinin, ; born 27 May 1973) is a Russian Roman Catholic prelate as the Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena and Au ...

, O.F.M. Conv. (2020-)

Suffragan dioceses

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

Sources

GCatholic.org

''(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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mother of God at Moscow Roman Catholic dioceses in Russia Roman Catholic dioceses established in 1991 Christianity in Moscow Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1991 establishments in Russia