Diocese of Drohiczyn
Drohiczinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Drohiczyn, Poland
The Diocese of Drohiczyn is a Latin rite diocese in eastern Poland, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bialystok. It was erected on 5 June 1991 from the part of the Diocese of Pinsk remaining in Poland. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Drohiczyn.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 June 1991
- Latin
- Drohiczinen(sis)
- Patron
- Andrzej Bobola
- Annuario code
- 001001323
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 178,000
- Population
- 236,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.4%
- Priests
- 229
- Catholics per priest
- 777
- Extent
- 8,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Piotr Sawczuk
- Born
- 29 January 1962
- Birthplace
- Puczyce
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Drohiczyn stands in Drohiczyn, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bialystok
A suffragan of Bialystok.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ŁomżaŁomża
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Drohiczyn in the ecclesiastical province of Białystok in Poland, the Diocese of Drohiczyn (Latin: Dioecesis Drohiczinensis) is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church. It currently counts 249 priests; the most recent priest to die was Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, on 14 September at age 87.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.