Archdiocese of Kaunas, Lithuania 🇱🇹 (original) (raw)

Celebrations

History

• 1926.04.04: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas / Kaunen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Žemaitija and with suffragan sees Panevėžys, Telšiai, Vilkaviškis and Klaipėda)
• 1920.06.09: Lost territory to Diocese of Riga
• 1991.12.24: Lost suffragan sees Panevėžys and Klaipėda
• 1997.05.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Šiauliai and gained suffragan see Šiauliai

Papal Visits

• Pope John Paul II (1993.09)
• Pope Francis (2018.09)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Special Churches

• Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Šv. Petro ir Povilo arkikatedra bazilika, Kaunas, Kaunas
• Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site (Minor): Kristaus Prisikėlimo bažnyčia, Kaunas, Kaunas
• Minor Basilica: Švč. Mergelės Marijos Gimimo bazilika, Šiluva, Kaunas
• World Heritage Site (Minor): Šv. arkangelo Mykolo bažnyčia, Kaunas, Kaunas
• World Heritage Site (Minor): Šv. Kryžiaus bažnyčia, Kaunas, Kaunas
• Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (107)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,750 km²

Population: 342,100 Catholics (81.0% of 422,150 total)

Pastoral Centres: 93 parishes, 21 missions

Personnel: 122 priests (99 diocesan, 23 religious), 6 deacons, 156 religious (27 brothers, 129 sisters), 3 seminarians