Diocese of Jelgava
Ielgaven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jelgava, Latvia
Latin diocese in the Zemgale region of Latvia, erected on 2 December 1995 from the Diocese of Liepaja, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Riga. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Virgin Mary in Jelgava; the see is currently vacant per Wikipedia (as of August 2025).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 December 1995
- Latin
- Ielgaven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001729
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 77,880
- Population
- 211,707
- Catholic share
- 36.8%
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 4,868
- Extent
- 13,620 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.7
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Jelgava stands in Jelgava, 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 Riga
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Riga.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RigaRiga
- Diocese of LiepājaLiepāja
- Diocese of Rēzekne-AglonaRēzekne-Aglona
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Jelgava in Latvia gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Ielgaven(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Riga.
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].