Diocese of Panevėžys Dioecesis Panevezensis Vyskupija Panevėžio | |
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Location | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ecclesiastical province | Vilnius |
Metropolitan | Vilnius |
Statistics | |
Area | 13,000 km2 (5,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 381,000 314,000 (82.4%) |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Panevėžys Cathedral |
Patron saint | St Casimir |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Linas Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Gintaras Grušas |
Bishops emeritus | Jonas Kauneckas Juozas Preikšas |
Map | |
Location of Diocese of Panevėžys in Lithuania | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Panevėžys (Latin: Panevezen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Panevėžys in the ecclesiastical province of Vilnius in Lithuania.[1] It was established on April 4, 1926 from the Diocese of Samogitia.[2] The Christ the King Cathedral is the Bishop's Cathedral of the diocese since the declaration of Pope Pius XI in 1926.[3]
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