The consecration of the first Catholic bishop from Russia took place in Moscow

In the capital of Russia, in the Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, the consecration of the new Catholic bishop took place during the common prayer at the Holy Mass. Nikolai Dubinin became the first native of the Russian Federation to be elevated to this rank. Previously, he was appointed by Pope Francis as Bishop-Assistant to the Archdiocese of the Mother of God, and before that he took care of the salvation of monastics, acting as abbot of the monastery of St. Anthony the Wonderworker in the northern capital.

According to Vesti, Nikolai Dubinin is a native of the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov region. He was a student of the Faculty of Philology of Rostov State University, then studied at the Moscow Catholic Seminary 'Mary - Queen of the Apostles'. Since 1994 he has been a member of the Franciscan Order. In 2000, Nikolai Dubinin was ordained a priest - in the same cathedral where his episcopal consecration now took place.
At the end of the divine service, which took place on October 4, the ordinary of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God with its center in Moscow, Archbishop Pavel (Paolo) Pezzi, noted that the Catholic episcopate, serving in Russia, was happy to welcome his Eminence as a member of the collegium. The new bishop, in his turn, thanked the Church for the high confidence placed in him.