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Roman Catholic Diocese of Drohiczyn

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Metropolitan
  
Białystok

Established
  
5 June 1991

Country
  
Poland

Emeritus bishop
  
Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
8,000 km²

Bishop
  
Tadeusz Pikus

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 290,000 210,000 (72.4%)

Cathedral
  
Katedra pw. Trójcy Przenajświętszej (Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity)

Co-cathedral
  
Konkatedra pw. Niepokalanego Serca NMP in Sokołów Podlaski (Co-Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Białystok

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Drohiczyn (Latin: Drohiczinen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Drohiczyn in the Ecclesiastical province of Białystok in Poland.

Contents

History

  • June 5, 1991: Established as Diocese of Drohiczyn from the Diocese of Pinsk in Belarus

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazylika pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św. Mikołaja, Bielsk Podlaski
    (Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas)
  • Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Węgrów
    (Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Drohiczyn (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Władysław Jędruszuk (1991.06.05 – 1994.05.25)
  • Bishop Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. (1994.06.20 - 2014.03.29)
  • Bishop Tadeusz Pikus (since 2014.05.25)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Drohiczyn Wikipedia
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