Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk
Diocese of Pinsk Dioecesis Pinskensis Latinorum Пінскай дыяцэзіі | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Ecclesiastical province | Minsk-Mohilev |
| Metropolitan | Minsk-Mohilev |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 72,700 km2 (28,100 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 3,110,000 50,000 (1.6%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі (Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Antoni Dziemianko |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Kazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P. |
| Map | |
 Location of Diocese of Pinsk in Belarus | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk (Latin: Pinsken(sis) Latinorum, Belarusian: Пінская) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province (which covers all Belarus) of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Minsk-Mohilev.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Minor basilica : Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the city of Pinsk.
History
- 28 October 1925: Established as Diocese of Pinsk / Пінская (Беларуская) / Pinsken(sis) Latinorum (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Minsk (which also provided its first incumbent by transfer)
- Lost territory on 1991.06.05 to establish the Diocese of Drohiczyn.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 41,500 Catholics (1.3% of 3,109,000 total) on 72,700 km² in 79 parishes with 52 priests (30 diocesan, 22 religious), 76 lay religious (32 brothers, 44 sisters) and 8 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman rite)
- Suffragan Bishops of Pinsk
- Zygmunt Łoziński (1925.10.28 – death 1932.03.26), previously Bishop of Minsk (Belarus) (1917.11.02 – 1925.10.28)
- Kazimierz Bukraba (1932.07.10 – death 1946.05.06)
- Apostolic Administrator Władysław Jędruszuk (1967.02.16 – 1991.06.05), while Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk (1962.11.19 – 1991.06.05) and Titular Bishop of Clysma (1962.11.19 – 1991.06.05); later Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland) (1991.06.05 – death 1994.05.25)
- Apostolic Administrator Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк) (1991.04.13 - 2011.06.30) while Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev (Belarus) (1991.04.13 – retired 2006.06.14), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gerardo Maiella (1994.11.26 – death 2011.07.21), President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (1999.02.11 – 2006.06.14)
- Apostolic Administrator Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (2011.06.30 - 2012.06.16) while Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev (Belarus) (2007.09.21 – ...), Vice-President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2006? – 2015.06.03); previously Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (1989.05.10 – 2002.02.11) as Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus) (1989.05.10 – 1991.04.13), [[Apostolic Administrator of Northern European Russia (Russia) (1991.04.13 – 2002.02.11), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia (1999 – 2005), Metropolitan Archbishop of (Mother of God at) Moscow (Russia) (2002.02.11 – 2007.09.21); later President of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2015.06.03 – ...)
- Antoni Dziemianko (2012.06.16 - ... ), previously Titular Bishop of Lesvi (1998.07.04 – 2012.05.03) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Grodno (Belarus) (1998.07.04 – 2004.12.14) and as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev (Belarus) (2004.12.14 – 2012.05.03), Secretary General of Catholic Episcopal Conference of Belarus (2006? – 2015.06.03), Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev (Belarus) (2006.06.14 – 2007.09.21).
See also
- List of Catholic dioceses in Belarus
- the former Ruthenian Catholic Archeparchy of Polotsk–Vitebsk
- Roman Catholicism in Belarus
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