Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk

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Diocese of Pinsk

Dioecesis Pinskensis Latinorum

Пінская дыяцэзія
Location
CountryBelarus
Ecclesiastical provinceMinsk-Mohilev
MetropolitanMinsk-Mohilev
Statistics
Area72,700 km2 (28,100 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2013)
3,110,000
50,000 (1.6%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pinsk (Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAntoni Dziemianko
Metropolitan ArchbishopTadeusz Kondrusiewicz
Auxiliary BishopsKazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P.
Map
Location of Diocese of Pinsk in Belarus
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[]

Suffragan Bishops of Pinsk
  • Zygmunt Łoziński (1925.10.28 – death 1932.03.26), previously Bishop of Minsk (Belarus) (1917.11.02 – 1925.10.28)
  • (1932.07.10 – death 1946.05.06)
    • Apostolic Administrator (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 (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).

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