Suffragan diocese Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
Diocese of Vilkaviškis
Vilkavisken(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1926
- Catholics
- 331,154
- Priests
- 106
- Territory
- 339,241 km²
Parishes and churches
104 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Šv. diakono SteponoKretkampisView parish
- Šv. Jono KrikštytojoZapyškisView parish
- Šv. Jono KrikštytojoPajevonysView parish
- Šv. Jono KrikštytojoŠakiaiView parish
- Šv. Jono KrikštytojoSudargasView parish
- Šv. Jono Pauliaus IIMarijampolėView parish
- Šv. JuozapoLukšiaiView parish
- Šv. JuozapoPlutiškėsView parish
- Šv. JurgioDaukšiaiView parish
- Šv. JurgioVeisiejaiView parish
- Šv. KazimieroIgliaukaView parish
- Šv. KazimieroAleksotasView parish
- Šv. KazimieroAlytusView parish
- Šv. KazimieroKučiūnaiView parish
- Šv. KazimieroLekėčiaiView parish
- Šv. KryžiausPatašinėView parish
- Šv. Kryžiaus AtradimoIlguvaView parish
- Šv. Kryžiaus AtradimoKudirkos NaumiestisView parish
- Šv. Kryžiaus IšaukštinimoGelgaudiškisView parish
- Šv. Kūdikėlio Jėzaus TeresėsSangrūdaView parish
- Šv. LaurynoSkriaudžiaiView parish
- Šv. LiudvikoVeiveriaiView parish
- Šv. LiudvikoLiudvinavasView parish
- Šv. Marijos MagdalietėsŠunskaiView parish
- Šv. OnosAlvitasView parish
- Šv. OnosKačerginėView parish
- Šv. OnosLazdijaiView parish
- Šv. OnosSlavikaiView parish
- Šv. Petro IšvadavimoPatilčiaiView parish
- Šv. popiežiaus Leono IIDidvyžiaiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Rimantas Norvila
- Born
- 2 December 1957
- Birthplace
- Babtai
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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.
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.