Pope Appoints New Apostolic Administrator for Greek Catholics in Belarus
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Leo XIV accepted the resignation of the Apostolic Administrator of the Greek Catholics in Belarus, Archimandrite Jan Sergiusz Gajek, MIC. A Polish Marian priest who has reached retirement age, he will be replaced by the Studite Father Liavoncij Tumouski, previously responsible for the pastoral care of the Belarusian Greek Catholics in Poland.
On Monday, September 14, 2026, the Vatican press service reported that Pope Leo XIV had accepted the abdication from the government of the Apostolic Administrator for Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in Belarus, Archimandrite Sergei Gajek, who turned 77 in February.
Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of the Apostolic Administrator of the Greek Catholics in Belarus, Archimandrite Jan Sergiusz Gajek, MIC. The Polish Marian, who has reached retirement age, will be replaced by the Studite Father Liavoncij Tumouski, previously responsible for the pastoral care of Belarusian Greek Catholics in Poland. Father Liavoncij (Aliaksandr) Tumouski, M.S.U., was born on July 9, 1973, in Polotsk, in the Diocese of Vitebs…
Pope Lev XIV appointed a new apostolic administrator for the Greek-Catholics of Belarus, who became Leonty Tumovsky's father. Before that, Pontifik accepted the resignation of Archimandrite Sergia Gaek. A request for resignation was filed in connection with the attainment of the prescribed age. The new administrator was born in 1973 in Polotsky. Tumovsky studied at the Lviv Higher Spiritual Seminary and the Ukrainian Catholic University, as well…
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