Diocese of Kaišiadorys
Kaišiadoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
The Diocese of Kaišiadorys is a Latin Church diocese in eastern Lithuania, erected on 4 April 1926 from the Archdiocese of Vilnius. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vilnius and led by Bishop Jonas Ivanauskas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 April 1926
- Latin
- Kaišiadoren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001780
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 84,000
- Population
- 118,000
- Catholic share
- 71.2%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 1,867
- Extent
- 6,557 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jonas Ivanauskas
- Born
- 18 February 1960
- Birthplace
- Alytus
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Christ the Transfiguration, Kaišiadorys stands in Kaišiadorys, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Vilnius
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vilnius.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of PanevėžysPanevėžys
- Archdiocese of VilniusVilnius
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established on 4 April 1926 from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius, the Diocese of Kaišiadorys (Latin: Kaisiadorensis) is a Latin Catholic see located in the city of Kaišiadorys, within Lithuania's Ecclesiastical Province of Vilnius.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].