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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Kaunensis

Kauno Arkivyskupija Metropolitas
Kaunas Cathedral, the mother church of the Archdiocese
Location
CountryRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas Lithuania
Statistics
Area8,750 km2 (3,380 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2016)
655,000
524,000 (80%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1417
(As Diocese of Žemaičiai)
4 April 1926
(As Archdiocese of Kaunas)
CathedralCathedral Basilica of St Peter and St Paul
Patron saintJohn the Baptist
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopKęstutis Kėvalas
SuffragansDiocese of Šiauliai, Diocese of Telšiai, Diocese of Vilkaviškis
Auxiliary BishopsAlgirdas Jurevičius (Apostolic Administrator)
Bishops emeritus
  • Sigitas Tamkevičius
  • Lionginas Virbalas
Map
Map of the Archdiocese
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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