Metropolitan see Kaunas, Lithuania
Archdiocese of Kaunas
Kaunen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1417
- Catholics
- 524,000
- Priests
- 122
- Territory
- 8,750 km²
Parishes and churches
95 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Šv. arkangelo MykoloRumšiškėsView parish
- Šv. arkangelo MykoloUgioniaiView parish
- Šv. BarborosPaštuvosView parish
- Šv. BarborosPašilėsView parish
- Šv. Jono KrikštytojoLapėsView parish
- Šv. Jono KrikštytojoButkiškėsView parish
- Šv. Jono KrikštytojoKavarskasView parish
- Šv. Jono KrikštytojoSeredžiusView parish
- Šv. Jono KrikštytojoVertimaiView parish
- Šv. Jono Pauliaus IIKaunasView parish
- Šv. JuozapoKaunasView parish
- Šv. JuozapoKėdainiaiView parish
- Šv. JuozapoVadžgirysView parish
- Šv. JuozapoVosiliškysView parish
- Šv. Juozapo ir Šv. Kūdikėlio Jėzaus TeresėsPaštuvosView parish
- Šv. JurgioGirkalnisView parish
- Šv. JurgioEržvilkasView parish
- Šv. JurgioKėdainiaiView parish
- Šv. JurgioKurkliaiView parish
- Šv. JurgioSkirsnemunėView parish
- Šv. JurgioVilkijaView parish
- Šv. Jurgio KankinioKaunasView parish
- Šv. KazimieroLančiūnavaView parish
- Šv. KazimieroŽemaitkiemisView parish
- Šv. KryžiausKaunasView parish
- Šv. KryžiausPaliepiaiView parish
- Šv. KryžiausViduklėView parish
- Šv. Kryžiaus AtradimoPanoteriaiView parish
- Šv. Kryžiaus IšaukštinimoTaujėnaiView parish
- Šv. Kūdikėlio Jėzaus TeresėsRaudondvarisView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Kęstutis Kėvalas
- Born
- 17 February 1972
- Birthplace
- Kaunas
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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.
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.