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 church sui 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

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)

  • One non-metropolitan titular archbishopric
    • Archdiocese of Nicopsis
  • Two Latin titular bishoprics
    • Matrega, formerly Diocese of Matriga
    • Latin Titular bishopric of Tanais, formerly of Tana, formerly Diocese of Tana

Other former dioceses
Exclusing merely renamed/promoted predecessors of current jurisdictions
Latin
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 Odessa-Simferopol which is a Suffragan of the archdiocese of Lviv.[1]

See also

References
  1. Catholic Hierarchy – Ukraine
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