Diocese of Telšiai–Klaipėda
Telsen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Telšiai–Klaipėda, Lithuania
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 April 1926
- Latin
- Telsen(sis)
- Patron
- Justin Martyr
- Annuario code
- 001003193
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 564,000
- Population
- 705,000
- Catholic share
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 146
- Catholics per priest
- 3,863
- Extent
- 13,373 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 42
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
- Algirdas Jurevičius
- Born
- 24 March 1972
- Birthplace
- Vievis
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 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.
The province of Kaunas
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kaunas.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KaunasKaunas
- Diocese of VilkaviškisVilkaviškis
- Diocese of ŠiauliaiŠiauliai
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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)).
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].