On Saturday, January 3, 2026, Friar Uladislav MOLCHAN was ordained to the diaconate. The Most Reverend Piotr KLESZCZ, OFM Conv., Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland, presided over the Mass of Ordination. The event took place at the Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Łódź Łagiewniki, Poland.
The new deacon is from Belarus and is a member of the Provincial Delegation in Belarus of the Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw), also known as the Delegation of the Blessed Martyrs, Friars Herman STĘPIEŃ and Achilles PUCHAŁA. During the Second World War, they gave their lives for their parishioners in Pierszaje, Belarus. Currently, the Order has three friaries and two filial houses in Belarus, housing a total of thirteen solemnly professed friars. Candidates from Belarus complete their entire religious formation in Poland. Currently, there are six men from Belarus in various stages of initial formation.
Friar Alaksiej M. JUCHNIEWICZ
Photo: Friar Marek MAZUR
