Diocese of Pinsk
Dioecesis Pinskensis Latinorum
Пінская дыяцэзія
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| Location | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Ecclesiastical province | Minsk-Mohilev |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 72,700 km2 (28,100 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 3,110,000 50,000 (1.6%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pinsk (Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Antoni Dziemianko |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Kazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P. |
| Map | |
 Location of Diocese of Pinsk in Belarus | |
The Diocese of Pinsk (Latin: Pinsken(sis) Latinorum, Belarusian: Пінская) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or dioceseinBelarus. 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 seeofPinsk.
As of 2014[update], it pastorally served 41,500 Catholics (1.3% of 3,109,000 total) on 72,700 km2 in 79 parishes with 52 priests (30 diocesan, 22 religious), 76 lay religious (32 brothers, 44 sisters) and 8 seminarians.
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