Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow Archidioecesis Moscoviensis Matris Dei Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве
Location
Country	Russia
Statistics
Area	2,629,000 km2 (1,015,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 58,800,000 200,000 (0.3%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary
Current leadership
Pope	Pope Francis
Archbishop	Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B.
Auxiliary Bishops	Nicolai Dubinin, O.F.M.Conv
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Archdiocese of Moscow, also known as Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow ( Latin: Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei, Russian: Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Moscow, in Russia.

History

• 13 April 1991: Established as Apostolic Administration of European Russia from the Archdiocese of Mogilev ^[1] and the Diocese of Tiraspol ^[2]
• 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)
• Archbishops of Mother of God at Moscow
  • Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (see above 11 February 2002 – 21 September 2007), appointed Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
  • Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B. (21 September 2007 - )

Auxiliary Bishops

• Clemens Pickel (1998-1999), appointed Apostolic Administrator of Southern European Russia {Russia Europea Meridionale}
• Nicolai Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv. (2020-)

Suffragan dioceses

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

See also

• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Moscow)
• Immaculate Conception Church, Perm
• Immaculate Conception Church, Smolensk
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Russia
• Roman Catholicism in Russia
• St. Nicholas' Church, Luga
• St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Tula
• Transfiguration of the Lord Church, Tver

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

(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

ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF MOSCOW Latitude and Longitude:
55°46′02″N 37°34′17″E / 55.7672°N 37.5713°E / 55.7672; 37.5713