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The Roman Catholic Church in Belarus is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.
The first Latin Rite diocese in Belarus was established in Turaŭ between 1008 and 1013.
Roman Catholicism was a traditionally dominant religion of Belarusian nobility (the szlachta) and of a large part of the population of West Belarus.
Nowadays there are about 1.7 million Catholics in the country - around 17% of the total population. Most of these belong to the Latin Rite dioceses. A minority are of Byzantine Rite, forming the particular Belarusian Greek Catholic Church, which is in union with the Holy See and follows the Byzantine Slavonic ritual.
Many Latin-Rite Catholics belong to the Polish minority in Belarus. The Greek Catholics are mostly ethnic Belarusians, with some Ukrainians.
Hierarchy
One archdiocese:
- Minsk-Mahiliou - about 610,000 Roman Catholics
Three dioceses:
Archbishop Tadevush Kandrusievich is the leader of the Latin-Rite Catholic Church in Belarus.
See also
External links
- The Roman Catholic Church in Belarus - official website and the central Belarusian catholic web-portal
- The Apostolic Nuntiature in Belarus
- Partał Maładych Katalikoŭ - Young Catholics of Belarus
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