Suffragan diocese Jelgava, Latvia
Diocese of Jelgava
Ielgaven(sis)
Latin Church
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).
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1995
- Catholics
- 77,880
- Priests
- 16
- Territory
- 13,620 km²
Parishes and churches
64 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Kalnciema Kristus Karaļa draudzeKalnciemsView parish
- Kankaļu Sv. Jāņa Kristītāja baznīcaKankaliView parish
- Kaplavas Svētā Antona draudzeKaplavaView parish
- Kumbuļu draudze, Demenes draudzes filiāleKumbuliView parish
- Kurmenes Svētā Pētera draudzeKurmeneView parish
- Lamiņu Svētā Jura draudzeLaminiView parish
- Laucesas Svēto Pētera un Pāvila draudzeLauceseView parish
- Līvbērzes Svētā Jāzepa draudzeLivberzeView parish
- Medumu Svētā Jāņa Kristītāja draudzeMedumiView parish
- Neretas Svētā Gara draudzeNeretaView parish
- Ozolaines Svētā Ignācija no Lojolas draudzeOzolaineView parish
- Penkules draudzePenkuleView parish
- Priedaines Svēto Brigitas un Katrīnas no Sjēnas draudzePriedaineView parish
- Rubas draudzeRubaView parish
- Rubeņu Svētā Pētera un Pāvila draudzeRubeniView parish
- Salas draudzeSalaView parish
- Seces draudzeSeceView parish
- Silenes Jaunavas Marijas Debesīs Uzņemšanas draudzeSileneView parish
- Skaistkalnes Svētās Jaunavas Marijas Debesīs Uzņemšanas draudzeSkaistkalneView parish
- Sproģu draudzeSprogiView parish
- Staļģenes misiju punktsStalgeneView parish
- Subates Svētā Miķeļa draudzeSubateView parish
- Sventes Vissvētās Trīsvienības draudzeSventeView parish
- Sēlpils Svētā Gara draudzeSelpilsView parish
- Tukuma Svētā Stefana draudzeTukumsView parish
- Valles misiju punktsValleView parish
- Varnaviču Vissvētās Jaunavas Marijas draudzeVarnaviciView parish
- Vecumnieku draudzeVecumniekiView parish
- Viesītes sv. Franciska draudzeViesiteView parish
- Zalves draudzeZalveView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. 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.
History
The city of Jelgava in Latvia gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Ielgaven(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Riga.