Kaunas Cathedral, the mother church of the Archdiocese
Location
Country
Lithuania
Statistics
Area
8,750 km2 (3,380 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2016) 655,000 524,000 (80%)
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
1417 (As Diocese of Žemaičiai) 4 April 1926 (As Archdiocese of Kaunas)
Cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of St Peter and St Paul
Patron saint
John the Baptist
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop
Kęstutis Kėvalas
Suffragans
Diocese of Šiauliai, Diocese of Telšiai, Diocese of Vilkaviškis
Auxiliary Bishops
Algirdas Jurevičius (Apostolic Administrator)
Bishops emeritus
Sigitas Tamkevičius
Lionginas Virbalas
Map
Map of the Archdiocese
Website
Website of the Diocese
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Kaunensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Lithuania. The episcopal see is in Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. The archdiocese's motherchurch and cathedral is Kaunas Cathedral Basilica; it is also home to a Minor Basilica in a town of Šiluva, in the region of Samogitia.
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