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Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
72,700 km²

Bishop
  
Antonij Dziamjanka

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Belarus

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2013)3,110,00050,000 (1.6%)

Cathedral
  
Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі(Cathedral of the Assumptionof the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Auxiliary Bishops
  
Kazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P.

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk (Latin: Pinsken(sis) Latinorum, Belarusian: Пінская) is a diocese located in the city of Pinsk in the Ecclesiastical province of Minsk-Mohilev in Belarus.

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History

  • 28 October 1925: Established as Diocese of Pinsk

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Pinsk (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Zygmunt Łoziński (1925.10.28 – 1932.03.26)
  • Bishop Kazimierz Bukraba (1932.07.10 – 1946.05.06)
  • Bishop Władysław Jędruszuk (Apostolic Administrator 1967.02.16 – 1991.06.05)
  • Cardinal Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк) (Apostolic Administrator 1991.04.13 - 2011.06.30)
  • Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (Apostolic Administrator since 2011.06.30 - 2012.06.16)
  • Bishop Antoni Dziemianko (2012.06.16 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk Wikipedia
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