Roman Catholic Diocese of Panevėžys

Roman Catholic diocese in Lithuania

Diocese of Panevėžys

Dioecesis Panevezensis

Vyskupija Panevėžio

Christ the King Cathedral, Panevėžys

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| Leo XIV
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]

## Leadership

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* Bishops of Panevėžys (Latin Church)
* Bishop Linas Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. (elect)
* Bishop Lionginas Virbalas, SI (2013-08-10 – 2015-06-11)
* Bishop Jonas Kauneckas (2002-01-05 – 2013-06-06)
* Bishop Juozas Preikšas (1991-12-24 – 2002-01-05)
* Bishop Juozas Preikšas (Apostolic Administrator 1989-04-02 – 1991-12-24)
* Liudvikas Povilonis 1983–1984;
* Bishop Romualdas Krikščiūnas (Apostolic Administrator 1973-07-06 – 1983-05-15)
* Bishop Kaziemiras Paltarokas (1926-04-05 – 1957-12-08)

## References

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1. ^ "Apie vyskupiją". Paneveziovyskupija.lt (in Lithuanian). Panevėžio vyskupija. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
2. ^ "Vyskupijos istorija". Paneveziovyskupija.lt (in Lithuanian). Panevėžio vyskupija. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
3. ^ "History of the Cathedral". Cathedral of Christ the King in Panevėžys. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

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