Roman Catholic Diocese of Drohiczyn

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diocese of Drohiczyn
Dioecesis Drohiczinensis

Statistics
Country:	Poland
Metropolitan:	Białystok
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	8,000 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	295,000 (2006) 210,000 (71.2%)
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)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap.

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

Contents 1 History 2 Special Churches 3 Leadership 4 See also 5 Source

[edit] History

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

[edit] Special Churches

• Minor Basillicas:
  • 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)

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Drohiczyn (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. (since 1994.06.20)
  • Bishop Wladyslaw Jedruszuk (1991.06.05 – 1994.05.25)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website