Oleg Cheslavovich Butkevich ( March 18, 1972 , Braslav [1] , Belarusian SSR ) - Belarusian prelate . Bishop of Vitebsk since November 29, 2013.
| Oleg Butkevich | ||
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| Aleg Butkevich | ||
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| since November 29, 2013 | ||
| Church | Roman catholic church | |
| Predecessor | Bishop Vladislav Blin | |
| Birth | March 18, 1972 (aged 47) Braslav , Belorussian SSR , USSR | |
| Holy Order | May 13, 2000 | |
| Episcopal consecration | January 18, 2014 | |
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Biography
Born March 18, 1972 in a Catholic family in Braslav [2] , according to other sources - in the village of Gerasimovo, Braslav district, Vitebsk region [3] .
He graduated from the Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University (BSATU). In 1994 he entered the Higher Theological Seminary in Grodno , after which on May 13, 2000 he was ordained a priest [4] .
He served as vicar in the parishes of Novopolotsk and Mior , and as the rector of the parish in Beshenkovichi and Ulla .
Since 2003, he served as rector of the parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Vitebsk and headed the dean’s office of Vitebsk North [4] .
After the head of the diocese of Vitebsk, Bishop Vladislav Blin resigned for health reasons, on November 29, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Oleg Butkevich as the new bishop of Vitebsk [3] .
On January 18, 2014 in the Church of Jesus the Merciful in Vitebsk, bishop consecration took place, performed by the apostolic nuncio Claudio Gugerotti , accompanied by the archbishop of Minsk-Mogilev Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz and Bishop of Grodno Alexander Kashkevich .
On June 3, 2015, he was elected Vice-President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus [5] .
Notes
- ↑ according to other sources, Gerasimovo village, Braslavsky district
- ↑ Bіskup Aleg Butkevich
- ↑ 1 2 Pope Franzysk appoints three new bishops for the Catholic Church in Belarus | CARVA
- ↑ 1 2 Priest Oleg Butkevich became the new bishop of Vitebsk
- ↑ Pawedamlenne s 59-hectare plenary party pasadzhennya Canferentsі Katalіtskіkh Bіskupaў Belarusі