Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja

Roman Catholic diocese in Latvia

Diocese of Liepāja

Dioecesis Liepaiensis

Diecēzē Liepājas

Location
Country|  Latvia
Ecclesiastical province| Riga
Metropolitan| Riga
Statistics
Area| 13,210 km2 (5,100 sq mi)
Population

* Total

* Catholics

* (as of 2016)

* 274,200

* 27,400 (10%)

Information
Sui iuris church| Latin Church
Rite| Latin Rite
Cathedral| Svētā Jāzepa Katedrālē
(Cathedral of St. Joseph)
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Bishop| Viktors Stulpins
Metropolitan Archbishop| Zbigņevs Stankevičs
Bishops emeritus| Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja (Latin: Liepaien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Liepāja in the ecclesiastical province of Riga in Latvia.

## History

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* 8 May 1937: Established as Diocese of Liepāja from the Archdiocese of Riga[1]
* 2 December 1995: Lost territory to new Diocese of Jelgava[2]

## Leadership

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* Bishops of Liepāja (Roman rite)
* Antonijs Urbšs (29 Apr 1938 – 11 Aug 1965)
* Pēteris Strods (Apostolic Administrator 25 Jul 1947 – 5 Aug 1960)
* Julijans Vaivods (Apostolic Administrator 10 Nov 1964 – 24 May 1990)
* Jānis Cakuls (Apostolic Administrator 23 May 1990 – 8 May 1991)
* Jānis Bulis (8 May 1991 – 7 Dec 1995)
* Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis (7 Dec 1995 – 12 May 2001)
* Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. (12 May 2001 – 20 June 2012)
* Viktors Stulpins (7 September 2013 – present)

## See also

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* Roman Catholicism in Latvia

## Sources

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* GCatholic.org
* Catholic Hierarchy
* Diocese website

## References

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1. ^ Liepaiensis: A Rigensis archidioecesis territorio pars seiungitur, ex qua nova erigitur dioecesis <<Liepaiensis>> nuncupanda, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29 (1937), p. 384
2. ^ Ielgavensis: Nova dioecesis conditur in Lettonia, Ielgavensis appellanda, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88 (1996), p. 229

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