Pinsk diocese
| Pinsk diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Belarus |
| Ecclesiastical province | Minsk-Mahiljou |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Minsk-Mahiljou |
| Diocesan bishop | Antoni Dziemianko |
| Auxiliary bishop | Kazimierz Wielikosielec OP |
| founding | 1925 |
| surface | 72,700 km² |
| Dean's offices | 5 (2000) |
| Parishes | 81 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,108,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 42,100 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 1.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 842 |
| Friars | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Belarusian Russian |
| cathedral | St. Mary of the Assumption |
| address | vul. Szewczenki 12/1, 225710 Pinsk, Belarus |
| Website | pcd.by (Belarusian) |
The diocese of Pinsk ( Latin Dioecesis Pinskensis Latinorum , Belarusian Пінская дыяцэзія Pinskaja dyjazesija ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Belarus with its seat in Pinsk .
It was founded on October 28, 1925, then part of Poland. The now Polish part of the diocese was outsourced on June 5, 1991 as the Diocese of Drohiczyn . With the appointment of the previous auxiliary bishop in Minsk-Mahiljou , Antoni Dziemianko , on May 3, 2012, the diocese received its own bishop again after decades of vacancy .
Bishops
Bishops were:
- 1925–1932 Sigismund Lozinski
- 1932-1946 Kazimierz Bukraba
- 1967–1991 Władysław Jędruszuk as Apostolic Administrator
- 1991–2011 Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek as Apostolic Administrator
- 2011–2012 Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz as Apostolic Administrator
- since 2012 Antoni Dziemianko
Auxiliary bishops were or are:
- 1933–1946 Carl Niemira, titular bishop of Tavium
- 1962–1991 Wladyslaw Jedruszuk, titular bishop of Clysma
- since 1999 Kazimierz Wielikosielec OP , titular bishop of Blanda Iulia
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Pinsk (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Pinsk on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Description on gcatholic.org (English)
