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Diocese of Kaišiadorys

Kaišiadoren(sis)

The Diocese of Kaišiadorys is a Latin Church diocese in eastern Lithuania, erected on 4 April 1926 from the Archdiocese of Vilnius. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vilnius and led by Bishop Jonas Ivanauskas.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
4 April 1926
Latin
Kaišiadoren(sis)
Patron
Saint Joseph
Annuario code
001001780

The see in figures

Catholics
84,000
Population
118,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
71.2%
Priests
45
Catholics per priest
1,867
Extent
6,557 km²
Catholics per km²
13

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
Jonas Ivanauskas
Born
18 February 1960
Birthplace
Alytus

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

Cathedral of Christ the Transfiguration, Kaišiadorys stands in Kaišiadorys, 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 Vilnius

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vilnius.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Established on 4 April 1926 from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius, the Diocese of Kaišiadorys (Latin: Kaisiadorensis) is a Latin Catholic see located in the city of Kaišiadorys, within Lithuania's Ecclesiastical Province of Vilnius.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.