Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow, Russia 🇷🇺 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 12
History
- 1991.04.13: Established as Apostolic Administration of European Russia (English) / Russia Europea (Italiano) / Russiæ Europææ Latinuorum (Latin) (from Diocese of Tiraspol and from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev)
- 1992.03.25: Gained territory from Diocese of Warmia
- 1999.11.23: Renamed as Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia (English) / Russia Europea Settentrionale (Italiano) / Russiæ Europææ Septentrionali Latinuorum (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia)
- 2002.02.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow (English) / Ма́тери Бо́жией в Москве (русский язык) / Madre di Dio a Mosca (Italiano) / Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei (Latin) (with suffragan sees Saint Clement at Saratov, Saint Joseph at Irkutsk and Transfiguration at Novosibirsk)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
Former Prelates
- Auxiliary Bishop:
Bishop Clemens Pickel (63) (1998.03.23 – 1999.11.23)
Special Churches
Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (↙), Kyïv–Žytomyr (↙), Pinsk (↙), Minsk–Mohilev (←), Vitebsk (←), Rēzekne–Aglona (←), Estonia (↖), Helsinki (↖), Tromsø (↖), Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (→), Saint Clement at Saratov (↘)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 2,629,000 km²
Population: 70,180 Catholics (0.1% of 58,060,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 63 parishes, 18 missions
Personnel: 102 priests (50 diocesan, 52 religious), 153 religious (90 brothers, 63 sisters), 4 seminarians