- Source: Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk
The Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus (Belarusian: Катэдральны сабор Ісуса Міласэрнага) also called Vitebsk Cathedral It is the name given to a religious building that is located in Vitebsk, a city in Belarus.
The cathedral follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the cathedral of the Diocese of Vitebsk (Dioecesis Vitebscensis or Віцебскай дыяцэзіі) which was created in 1999 by bull "Ad aptius consulendum" by Pope John Paul II.
The laying of the first stone took place in 2004. The church, dedicated to Merciful Jesus in October 2009, was elevated to the cathedral by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 June 2011. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the election of Pope John Paul II, the Polish Catholics donated to the diocese a monument depicting Pope placed outside the cathedral.
See also
Roman Catholicism in Belarus
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Katedral Vitebsk
- Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk
- Archeparchy of Polotsk–Vitebsk (Ruthenian Uniate Church)
- List of Catholic churches in Belarus
- Kalvaryja
- Kazimierz Świątek
- Old Cathedral of St. Barbara and St. Paul, Vitebsk
- Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev
- Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
- Catholic Church in Belarus
