Ruthenian Catholic Archeparchy of Smolensk
(DIOCESE), POLAND; HISTORICAL
Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Smoleńsk; Smoleńsk of the Ruthenians; Ruthenian Catholic Diocese of Smolensk; Ruthenian Catholic Diocese of Smoleńsk; Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Smolensk
The Ruthenian Catholic Archeparchy of Smolensk (, ) is a former eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Ruthenian Uniate Church (using a Byzantine Rite) (1625-1778) in part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth facing annexation by the Czarist Russian Empire, with episcopal see in Smolensk, now in Smolensk Oblast, Russia.