Diocese of Vilkaviškis
Vilkavisken(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
The Diocese of Vilkaviškis is a Latin Church diocese in southern Lithuania, erected on 4 April 1926 from the former Diocese of Sejny. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kaunas and has been led by Bishop Rimantas Norvila since 2002.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 April 1926
- Latin
- Vilkavisken(sis)
- Patron
- Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001000106
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 331,154
- Population
- 339,241
- Catholic share
- 97.6%
- Priests
- 106
- Catholics per priest
- 3,124
- Extent
- 339,241 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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
- Rimantas Norvila
- Born
- 2 December 1957
- Birthplace
- Babtai
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 the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Vilkaviškis stands in Vilkaviškis, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kaunas.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KaunasKaunas
- Diocese of Telšiai–KlaipėdaTelšiai–Klaipėda
- Diocese of ŠiauliaiŠiauliai
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of Vilkaviškis within the ecclesiastical province of Kaunas in Lithuania, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Vilkavisken(sis)) was established on 4 April 1926 from the Diocese of Sejny. Pope Pius XII controversially divided that older diocese in two along the new countries' post-World War I border, the other portion becoming the Diocese of Łomża in Poland.
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].