Archdiocese of Kaunas
Kaunen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kaunas, Lithuania
The Archdiocese of Kaunas is a metropolitan Latin Church see in central Lithuania, originating as the Diocese of Samogitia in 1417 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 4 April 1926. Its suffragans are the dioceses of Šiauliai, Telšiai-Klaipėda, and Vilkaviškis, and it is led by Archbishop Kęstutis Kėvalas.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1417
- Latin
- Kaunen(sis)
- Patron
- John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001001821
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 524,000
- Population
- 655,000
- Catholic share
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 122
- Catholics per priest
- 4,295
- Extent
- 8,750 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 60
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
- Archbishop
- Kęstutis Kėvalas
- Born
- 17 February 1972
- Birthplace
- Kaunas
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 Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Kaunas stands in Kaunas, 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 Kaunas
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Telšiai–KlaipėdaTelšiai–Klaipėda
- Diocese of VilkaviškisVilkaviškis
- Diocese of ŠiauliaiŠiauliai
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania, is the episcopal seat of this Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Kaunensis). Its mother church and cathedral is Kaunas Cathedral Basilica, and the archdiocese also contains a Minor Basilica in the town of Šiluva, in the region of Samogitia.
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].