Suffragan diocese Telšiai–Klaipėda, Lithuania
Diocese of Telšiai–Klaipėda
Telsen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Telšiai-Klaipėda is a Latin Church diocese in western Lithuania (Samogitia), erected on 4 April 1926, with the Klaipėda prelature merged in 1991. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kaunas and led by Bishop Algirdas Jurevičius.
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- Established
- 1926
- Catholics
- 564,000
- Priests
- 146
- Territory
- 13,373 km²
Parishes and churches
151 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Šv. Antano PaduviečioTelšiai · CathedralView parish
- Šv. apaštalų Petro ir PauliausVarniai · CathedralView parish
- Švč. M. Marijos, Taikos KaralienėsKlaipėda · CathedralView parish
- Angelų SargųUbiškėView parish
- Dievo ApvaizdosKaunatavaView parish
- Dievo ApvaizdosEigirdžiaiView parish
- Dievo ApvaizdosTūbinėsView parish
- Jėzaus NazariečioGegrėnaiView parish
- Kretingalės parapijaKretingalėView parish
- Kristaus AtsimainymoLomiaiView parish
- Kristaus AtsimainymoPožerėView parish
- Kristaus AtsimainymoViešvilėView parish
- Kristaus KaraliausTirkšliaiView parish
- Kristaus KaraliausKlaipėdaMass times recorded
- Marijos, Krikščionių PagalbosNidaView parish
- Nukryžiuotojo JėzausNevarėnaiView parish
- Nukryžiuotojo JėzausAleksandrijaView parish
- Nukryžiuotojo JėzausKintaiView parish
- Nukryžiuotojo JėzausPievėnaiView parish
- Viešpaties Apreiškimo Švč. Mergelei MarijaiYlakiaiView parish
- Viešpaties Apreiškimo Švč. Mergelei MarijaiKretingaView parish
- Viešpaties Apreiškimo Švč. Mergelei MarijaiŽemalėView parish
- Visų ŠventųjųLuokėView parish
- Šv. AloyzoStemplėsView parish
- Šv. Angelų SargųDidkiemiasView parish
- Šv. AnsgaroKaukolikaiView parish
- Šv. Antano PaduviečioRukaiView parish
- Šv. Antano PaduviečioJudrėnaiView parish
- Šv. Antano PaduviečioPakutuvėnaiView parish
- Šv. Antano PaduviečioPriekulėView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Algirdas Jurevičius
- Born
- 24 March 1972
- Birthplace
- Vievis
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua, Telšiai stands in Telšiai–Klaipėda, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Church of Mary, Queen of Peace, Klaipėda.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
One of two suffragan Latin dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Kaunas in Lithuania, this Roman Catholic see bears the name Telšiai (Latin: Telsen(sis)).