Archdiocese of Mohilev

Historical Details

• Archdiocese of Mohilev
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Erected: 15 April 1783
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Belarus

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Past Ordinaries

• Stanislaw Jan Siestrzencewicz Bohusz † (11 Dec 1783 Appointed - 1 Dec 1826 Died)
• Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (23 Jun 1828 Appointed - 28 Apr 1831 Died)
• Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1 Mar 1841 Appointed - 20 Jun 1842 Died)
• Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (3 Jul 1848 Appointed - 24 Jan 1851 Died)
• Ignacy Hołowiński † (24 Jan 1851 Succeeded - 7 Oct 1855 Died)
• Wacław Żyliński † (18 Sep 1856 Appointed - 5 May 1863 Died)
• Anton Fiałkowski † (23 Feb 1872 Appointed - 11 Feb 1883 Died)
• Aleksander Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewaltowski † (15 Mar 1883 Appointed - 26 Aug 1889 Died)
• Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (14 Dec 1891 Appointed - 26 Nov 1899 Died)
• Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (15 Apr 1901 Appointed - 24 Feb 1903 Died)
• Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (9 Nov 1903 Appointed - 7 Aug 1905 Died)
• Apolinary Wnukowski † (16 Jun 1908 Appointed - 21 May 1909 Died)
• Wincenty Kluczynski † (7 Apr 1910 Appointed - 22 Sep 1914 Resigned)
• Eduard Baron von der Ropp † (25 Jul 1917 Appointed - 25 Jul 1939 Died)

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
15 April 1783	Erected		Archdiocese of Mohilev (erected)
9 August 1798	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Mohilev	Diocese of Minsk (erected)
3 July 1848	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Mohilev	Diocese of Cherson (erected)
22 September 1918	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Mohilev Diocese of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)	Diocese of Riga (erected)
8 June 1920	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Mohilev	Vicariate Apostolic of Finland {Finlandia} (erected)
1 December 1921	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Mohilev (Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Omsk, Tomsk, and Tashkent)	Vicariate Apostolic of Siberia (erected)
10 March 1926	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Mohilev	Apostolic Administration of Kharkiv (erected) Apostolic Administration of Mohilev (erected) Apostolic Administration of Moscow (erected)
10 March 1926	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Mohilev Diocese of Tiraspol	Apostolic Administration of Kazan-Samara-Simbirsk (erected)
11 April 1926	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Mohilev	Apostolic Administration of Leningrad (erected)
13 April 1991	United	Apostolic Administration of Kharkiv (suppressed) Apostolic Administration of Kazan-Samara-Simbirsk (suppressed) Apostolic Administration of Leningrad (suppressed) Diocese of Minsk Archdiocese of Mohilev Apostolic Administration of Mohilev (suppressed) Apostolic Administration of Moscow (suppressed)	Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan (erected) (as Karaganda (Karagandensis Latinorum)) Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev (Minsk, Mohilev, and Vitebsk) Apostolic Administration of Siberia (erected) (as Novosibirsk (Novosibirskensis Latinorum))

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Jan Benisławski † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 1783 to 4 Apr 1812)
• Kaspar Jastrzębeic Borowski †
• Petras Pranciskus Bučys, M.I.C. † (Priest: 25 Mar 1899 to 15 Sep 1910)
• Jan Feliks Cieplak † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jul 1908; Apostolic Administrator: 5 Jul 1923 to 14 Dec 1925)
• Stefan Antoni Denisewicz † (Deacon: 17 May 1862; Priest: 16 Apr 1863; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jun 1908 to 13 Dec 1913)
• [Paul Marie Stefan de Djunkowsky] †
• Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1848 to 24 Jan 1851)
• Anton Fiałkowski † (Archbishop: 23 Feb 1872 to 11 Feb 1883)
• Aleksander Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewaltowski † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1883 to 26 Aug 1889)
• Joachim Józef Grabowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jun 1828 to 28 Jan 1829)
• Ignacy Hołowiński † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 3 Jul 1848; Archbishop: 24 Jan 1851 to 7 Oct 1855)
• Wincenty Ilgin † (Priest: 1909 to 15 Aug 1926)
• Jerzy Iwaszkiewicz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 May 1872 to 9 Jan 1876)
• Mieczysław Michailas Joudokas † (Priest: 1914 to 1 Sep 1926)
• Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (Archbishop: 15 Apr 1901 to 24 Feb 1903)
• Wincenty Kluczynski † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1910 to 22 Sep 1914)
• Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (Archbishop: 23 Jun 1828 to 28 Apr 1831)
• Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1891 to 26 Nov 1899)
• Mateusz Lipski † (Priest: 16 Aug 1812; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Nov 1823 to 28 Feb 1831)
• Wincenty Lipski †
• Bl. Teofilius Matulionis † (Priest: 17 Mar 1900; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Dec 1928 to 9 Jan 1943)
• Maciej Paweł Możdżeniewski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Jul 1815 to 5 Apr 1819)
• Karol Antoni Niedziałkowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Aug 1897 to 15 Apr 1901)
• Antoni Niemancewicz, S.J. † (Priest: 27 Sep 1915 to 1929)
• Cyprian Odyniec, S.J. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Nov 1798 to 28 Jul 1811)
• Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (Archbishop: 1 Mar 1841 to 20 Jun 1842)
• Henryk Ludwik Plater †
• Jāzeps Rancāns † (Priest: 12 Jun 1911 to 29 Oct 1923)
• Stanislaw Jan Siestrzencewicz Bohusz † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1783 to 1 Dec 1826)
• Boļeslavs Sloskāns † (Apostolic Administrator: 13 Aug 1926 to 17 Apr 1981)
• Antonijs Springovičs † (Priest: 24 Jun 1901 to 22 Sep 1918)
• Józef Maksymilian Staniewski, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Sep 1858 to 1869)
• Franciszek Albin Symon † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Dec 1891 to 2 Aug 1897)
• Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (Archbishop: 9 Nov 1903 to 7 Aug 1905)
• Eduard Baron von der Ropp † (Deacon: 26 Jul 1886; Priest: 2 Aug 1886 to 9 Jun 1902; Archbishop: 25 Jul 1917 to 25 Jul 1939)
• Apolinary Wnukowski † (Archbishop: 16 Jun 1908 to 21 May 1909)
• Wacław Żyliński † (Archbishop: 18 Sep 1856 to 5 May 1863)

Source(s)

Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 361

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