Suffragan diocese Liepāja, Latvia
Diocese of Liepāja
Liepaien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Ventspils Sv. Krusta draudzeVentspilsView parish
- Zirņu Sv. Mārtiņa draudzeZirniView parish
- Šķēdes Sv. Adriana draudzeSkedeView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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)).