List of Catholic dioceses in Russia
The Catholic Church in Russia, united in the
Episcopal Conference of Russia
, comprises
- one Latin ecclesiastical province (the Metropolitan archdiocese of Moscow, with three Suffragan dioceses) and a missionary (hence exempt) apostolic prefecture.
- The Eastern Catholics have two proper jurisdictions, each belonging to a different particular churchsui iuris and using a different rite.
There are no exempt Latin jurisdictions.
There is an
Apostolic Nunciature as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) to the Russian Federation in the national capital Moscow
.
Current Jurisdictions
Latin Church
Ecclesiastical Province of Moscow
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Moscow
- Diocese of Novosibirsk
- Diocese of Saratov
- Diocese of Irkutsk
Exempt jurisdiction
(directly subject to the Holy See)
Eastern Catholic Particular Churches
Russian Catholic Church
Armenian Catholic Church
- Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe, jointly for Russia, Armenia, Georgia (country) and Ukraine
Defunct jurisdictions
Titular sees
(all Latin)
- One non-metropolitan titular archbishopric
- Two Latin titular bishoprics
- Diocese of Matriga
- Latin Titular bishopric of Diocese of Tana
Other former dioceses
- Exclusing merely renamed/promoted predecessors of current jurisdictions
- Latin
- )
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Sambia (German Samland)
- Apostolic Vicariate of Siberia
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Smolensk
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Vladivostok
- Eastern Catholic
- Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Smolensk
Crimea
After the Crimea peninsula was unilaterally annexed by the Russian Federation in March 2014, the Catholic hierarchy was not subsequently changed. The Latin rite Catholics of Crimea belong to the diocese of Odesa-Simferopol which is a Suffragan of the archdiocese of Lviv.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Catholic Church in Ukraine [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-01-26.