AHC: Catholic East Slavs

All of the 3 main East Slav groups (Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians) are Orthodox. Well your goal is to make the any of those 3 main groups minority (Belarusians for example) or majority (or predominantly) Roman Catholic.

Probably my best bet is Poland-Lithuania convert West Belarus and Ukraine to Catholicism, and they're Eastern halves orthodox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Slavs
 
Err... otl the ukraine is or was heavily catholic, so tecnically otl fits.

Certainly the immigrants to canada in the early 20th century were about half and half orthodox and byzantine rite catholics.
 
Err... otl the ukraine is or was heavily catholic, so tecnically otl fits.

Certainly the immigrants to canada in the early 20th century were about half and half orthodox and byzantine rite catholics.

You mean the real Ukraine, with its 2.2% Roman catholic population? Doesn't sound 'heavy' ;)
 
You mean the real Ukraine, with its 2.2% Roman catholic population? Doesn't sound 'heavy' ;)

The Greek/Byzantine Catholics are all in line with Rome so it is more like 10%

Russian (both Imperial and Soviet) rule of Ukraine affected that a lot. If Ukraine stays under the control of Poland-Lithuania then it will likely have a majority Catholic.
 
The only way this is possible is if the Byzantine empire is destroyed. Otherwise the Rus will invade like otl see the vast wealth of the city and convert. At the time period Constantinople was the jewel of the world. Home of the Hagia Sophia and the hippodrome. So the only way you can get a catholic Russia is if Constantinople is destroyed by either Persians or Arabs. Or the byzantine empire is somehow reduced to otl 15th century standards.
 
The Greek/Byzantine Catholics are all in line with Rome so it is more like 10%

Russian (both Imperial and Soviet) rule of Ukraine affected that a lot. If Ukraine stays under the control of Poland-Lithuania then it will likely have a majority Catholic.

Right. The soviets got very nasty with the ukrainian churches, folding everybody into the russian church. Which is why the numbers are down now.
 
Or you could have the POD of no schism and all Christians (or at least all orthodox catholic and roman catholic) together in one church
 
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