Antonij Djamyanka

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Bishop Antonij Djamyanka

Antonij Dsjamjanka or Antoni Dziemianko ( Belarusian Антоній Дзям'янка , Russian Антоний Демьянко ; born January 1, 1960 in Zabrodzie-Derevno ) is Bishop of Pinsk .

Life

The auxiliary bishop in Kaišiadorys , Vincentas Sladkevičius MIC , ordained him as a priest on October 28, 1980 . On July 4, 1998, John Paul II named him auxiliary bishop in Hrodna and titular bishop of Lesvi .

The Archbishop of Minsk - Mahiljou , Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek , ordained him episcopal on September 29 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Dominik Hrušovský , Apostolic Nuncio in Belarus , and Aleksander Kaszkiewicz , Bishop of Hrodna .

As a motto he chose Ut unum sint . On December 14, 2004, he was appointed auxiliary bishop in Minsk-Mahiljou. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on June 14, 2006 Apostolic Administrator of Minsk-Mahiljou. He resigned from his office on September 21, 2007, when Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz was appointed Archbishop of Minsk-Mahiljou.

On May 3, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. to the Bishop of Pinsk . The inauguration took place on June 16 of the same year.

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