Diocese of Vilkaviškis Dioecesis Vilkaviskensis Vilkaviškio vyskupija | |
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Location | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ecclesiastical province | Kaunas |
Metropolitan | Kaunas |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 339,241 331,154 (97.6%) |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Vilkaviškis Cathedral |
Patron saint | Anthony of Padua |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Rimantas Norvila |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Kęstutis Kėvalas |
Map | |
Location of Diocese of Vilkaviškis in Lithuania | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vilkaviškis (Latin: Vilkavisken(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Vilkaviškis in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaunas in Lithuania. It was established on 4 April 1926 from the Diocese of Łomża, Poland.
Special churches
- Šv. arkangelo Mykolo bazilika (Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel), Marijampolė.
Leadership
- Bishop Antanas Karosas (1926.04.05 – 1947.07.07)
- Archbishop Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. (Apostolic Administrator 1979.05.28 – 1988.04.27)
- Bishop Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C. (Apostolic Administrator 1988.04.27 – 1991.12.24)
- Bishop Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C. (1991.12.24 – 2002.01.05)
- Bishop Rimantas Norvila (2002.01.05 – present)
References
External links
54°39′N 23°2′E / 54.650°N 23.033°E
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