Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk
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Diocese of Pinsk Dioecesis Pinskensis Latinorum Пінскай дыяцэзіі |
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| Location | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Ecclesiastical province | Minsk-Mohilev |
| Metropolitan | Minsk-Mohilev |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 72,700 km2 (28,100 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 3,110,000 50,000 (1.6%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Унебаўзяцця Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі (Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
| 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 |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinsk (Latin: Pinsken(sis) Latinorum, Belarusian: Пінская) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province (which covers all Belarus) of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Minsk-Mohilev.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Minor basilica : Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the city of Pinsk.
As per 2014, 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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