Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai
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Diocese of Telšiai
Dioecesis Telsensis (-Klaipedensis) |
| Location |
| Country |
Lithuania |
| Metropolitan |
Kaunas |
| Statistics |
| Area |
13,373 km2 (5,163 sq mi) |
Population
- Total
- Catholics |
(as of 2004)
696,806
541,765 (77.7%) |
| Information |
| Rite |
Latin Rite |
| Cathedral |
Šv. Antano Paduviečio katedra
(Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua) |
| Current leadership |
| Bishop |
Jonas Boruta, S.J. |
| Map |
Location of Diocese of Telšiai in Lithuania |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai (Latin: Telsen(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Telšiai in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaunas in Lithuania. It was established on April 4, 1926 from the Diocese of Samogitia.
United titles
On 24 December 1991 the Territorial Prelature of Klaipėda (Memel), which had been seceded from the Diocese of Ermland on 4 April 1926, has been merged into the Telšiai diocese.[1]
Special churches
- Minor Basilica:
- BVM, Žemaičių Kalvarijoje.
Leadership
- Bishops of Telšiai (Roman rite)
- Bishop Jonas Boruta, S.J. (since 2002.01.05)
- Bishop Antanas Vaicius (1989.03.10 – 2001.05.26)
- Bishop Antanas Vaicius (Apostolic Administrator 1982.07.05 – 1989.03.10)
- Bishop Juozapas Pletkus (Apostolic Administrator 1967.11.08 – 1975.09.29)
- Bishop Petras Mazelis (1964.02.14 – 1966.05.21)
- Bishop Petras Mazelis (Apostolic Administrator 1959.11.10 – 1964.02.14)
- Bishop Vincentas Borisevicius (1944.01.21 – 1963.12.10)
- Bishop Justinas Staugaitis (1926.04.05 – 1943.07.08)
References
Notes
- ^ Cf. "Territorial Prelature of Klaipėda / Territorialis Praelatura Klaipedensis", on: Catholic Hierarchy, retrieved on 14 May 2011.
Categories:
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Lithuania
- Religious organizations established in 1926
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
- Telšiai
- Lithuania stubs
- European Roman Catholic diocese stubs
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