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Suffragan diocese Liepāja, Latvia

Diocese of Liepāja

Liepaien(sis)

Latin diocese in the Kurzeme region of western Latvia, erected on 8 May 1937 from the Archdiocese of Riga, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is St. Joseph Cathedral in Liepaja.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Joseph Cathedral, Liepaja, in Liepāja, Latvia.

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Established
1937
Catholics
27,400
Priests
10
Territory
13,210 km²

Parishes and churches

33 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Viktors Stulpins
Born
26 September 1971
Birthplace
Rīga

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The cathedral

St. Joseph Cathedral, Liepaja stands in Liepāja, 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

Within Latvia's ecclesiastical province of Riga, the city of Liepāja is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Liepaien(sis)).