Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk
Diocese of Pinsk
Dioecesis Pinskensis Latinorum
Location
Country Belarus
Metropolitan Minsk-Mohilev
Statistics
Area 72,700 km2 (28,100 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
3,100,000
50,000 (1.6%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі
(Cathedral of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
)
Current leadership
Bishop Sede vacante
Auxiliary Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P.
Apostolic Administrator Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz
Map

Location of Diocese of Pinsk in Belarus

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

Contents

History

  • 28 October 1925: Established as Diocese of Pinsk

Leadership

  • Bishops of Pinsk (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Sigismondo Lozinski (1925.10.28 – 1932.03.26)
    • Bishop Kazimierz Bukraba (1932.07.10 – 1946.05.06)
    • Bishop Wladyslaw Jedruszuk (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)


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