Diocese of Liepāja
Liepaien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Liepāja, Latvia
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 May 1937
- Latin
- Liepaien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001999
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 27,400
- Population
- 274,200
- Catholic share
- 10.0%
- Priests
- 10
- Catholics per priest
- 2,740
- Extent
- 13,210 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.1
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
- Viktors Stulpins
- Born
- 26 September 1971
- Birthplace
- Rīga
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
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.
The province of Riga
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Riga.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RigaRiga
- Diocese of JelgavaJelgava
- Diocese of Rēzekne-AglonaRēzekne-Aglona
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Latvia's ecclesiastical province of Riga, the city of Liepāja is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Liepaien(sis)).
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].