Diocese of Drohiczyn, Poland 🇵🇱

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Drohiczyn / Drohiczinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Białystok

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Najświętszej Maryi Panny Matki Kościoła (May 31)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 10

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1991.06.05: Established as Diocese of Drohiczyn / Drohiczinen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Pinsk and became suffragan of Vilnius)
1992.03.25: Became suffragan of Białystok

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1999.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.06.17 – ...):

Bishop Piotr Henryk Sawczuk (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Drohiczyn (Roman Rite)

Bishop Piotr Henryk Sawczuk (64)
(2019.06.17 – ...)

Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland)

Nomini tuo da gloriam

Born:	1962.01.29 (Puczyce, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1987.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.04.06

Priest of Siedlce (Poland) (1987.06.06 – 2013.01.19)

Titular Bishop of Ottana (2013.01.19 – 2019.06.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (2013.01.19 – 2019.06.17)

Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland) (2019.06.17 – ...)

Bishop Tadeusz Pikus (76)
(2014.03.29 – 2019.06.17)

Bishop emeritus of Drohiczyn (Poland)

Surrexit Dominus vere

Born:	1949.09.01 (Zabiele, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.08

Priest of Warszawa (Poland) (1981.06.07 – 1999.04.24)

Titular Bishop of Lysinia (1999.04.24 – 2014.03.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1999.04.24 – 2014.03.29)

Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland) (2014.03.29 – 2019.06.17)

Bishop Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap.
(1994.06.20 – 2014.03.29)

Populus Tuus hereditas Tua

Born:	1938.08.24 (Serpelice, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.07.10
Died:	2025.09.14 (Serpelice, Poland † 87)

Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland) (1994.06.20 – 2014.03.29)

Bishop Wladyslaw Jedruszuk
(1991.06.05 – 1994.05.25)

Via veritas vita

Born:	1918.11.19 (Lipno, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1943.01.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.06.23
Died:	1994.05.25 (Sokolow Podalski, Poland † 75)

Titular Bishop of Clysma (1962.11.19 – 1991.06.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus) (1962.11.19 – 1991.06.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk (Belarus) (1967 – 1991.06.05)

Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland) (1991.06.05 – 1994.05.25)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jan Chrapek, C.S.M.A. (1992.03.25 – 1994.06.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedra Trójcy Przenajświętszej, Drohiczyn, Podlaskie
Co-Cathedral: Konkatedra Niepokalanego Serca NMP, Sokołów Podlaski, Mazowieckie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Narodzenia NMP i św. Mikołaja, Bielsk Podlaski, Podlaskie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Trójcy Przenajświętszej i św. Anny, Prostyń, Mazowieckie
Minor Basilica: Bazylika Wniebowzięcia NMP, Węgrów, Mazowieckie
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Warszawa-Praga (←), Łomża (↖), Białystok (↗), Pinsk (→), Siedlce (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,000 km²

Population: 178,000 Catholics (75.4% of 236,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 98 parishes, 97 missions

Personnel: 229 priests (210 diocesan, 19 religious), 120 religious (20 brothers, 100 sisters), 6 seminarians