List of Catholic dioceses in Russia explained

The Catholic Church in Russia, united in the Episcopal Conference of Russia, comprises

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

Exempt jurisdiction

(directly subject to the Holy See)

Eastern Catholic Particular Churches

Russian Catholic Church

(Byzantine Rite)

Armenian Catholic Church

(Armenian Rite)

Defunct jurisdictions

Titular sees

(all Latin)

Other former dioceses

Exclusing merely renamed/promoted predecessors of current jurisdictions

Latin
Eastern Catholic

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] while the faithful of Byzantine rite have their own Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym which is directly subject to the Major Archbishop of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catholic Church in Ukraine [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. 2022-01-26. www.catholic-hierarchy.org.