Diocese of Pinsk

The Diocese of Pinsk (Latin: Pinsken(sis) Latinorum, Belarusian: Пінская) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Belarus. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev.

Its cathedral is a minor basilica: the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the episcopal see 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 Diocese of Minsk (which also provided its first incumbent by transfer), then suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vilnius (then both in Poland)
• Lost territory on 1991.06.05 to establish the Diocese of Drohiczyn.
• In 1993, the diocesan Caritas (Belarusian: Карытас Пінскай дыяцэзіі) was established.^[1]

Statistics

As of 2021, it pastorally served 50,825 Catholics (1.8% of 2,780,000 total) on 72,700 km2 in 87 parishes with 52 priests (36 diocesan, 16 religious), 62 lay religious (26 brothers, 36 sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

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).

Sources and external links

• Diocesan website
• GCatholic.org - data for all sections
• Catholic Hierarchy