Diocese of Panevėžys
Panev^žen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Panevėžys, Lithuania
The Diocese of Panevėžys is a Latin Church diocese in northeastern Lithuania, erected on 4 April 1926. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vilnius and led by Bishop Linas Vodopjanovas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 April 1926
- Latin
- Panev^žen(sis)
- Patron
- Casimir of Poland
- Annuario code
- 001002532
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 231,000
- Population
- 381,000
- Catholic share
- 60.6%
- Priests
- 82
- Catholics per priest
- 2,817
- Extent
- 13,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- Genadijus Linas Vodopjanovas
- Born
- 8 June 1973
- Birthplace
- Neringa
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 King, Panevėžys stands in Panevėžys, 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 KaišiadorysKaišiadorys
- Archdiocese of VilniusVilnius
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created on April 4, 1926 from the Diocese of Samogitia, this see (Latin: Panevezen(sis)) is centered on the city of Panevėžys in the ecclesiastical province of Vilnius in Lithuania. The Christ the King Cathedral has served as the Bishop's Cathedral of the diocese since the declaration of Pope Pius XI in 1926.
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 · GCatholic
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].