title: Diocese of Vyatka and Slobodskoy
text: # Diocese of Vyatka and Slobodskoy
  
  The Diocese of Vyatka and Slobodskoy (Russian: Вятская и Слободская епархия, Vyatskaya i Slobodskaya yeparkhiya) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church which covers the exact territory of Kirov Oblast, Russia. The Assumption Cathedral in the region's capital, Kirov, is the Mother Church of this diocese.
  
  It is headed by Archbishop Mark (Tuzhikov) and supported by the Moscow Patriarchate.
  
  The diocese of Vyatka and Great Perm was established in 1656.
  
  