Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas Archidioecesis Metropolitae Kaunensis Kauno Arkivyskupija Metropolitas | |
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Kaunas Cathedral, the mother church of the Archdiocese | |
Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,750 km2 (3,380 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 655,000 524,000 (80%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1417 (As Diocese of Žemaičiai) 4 April 1926 (As Archdiocese of Kaunas) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St Peter and St Paul |
Patron saint | John the Baptist |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Kęstutis Kėvalas |
Suffragans | Diocese of Šiauliai, Diocese of Telšiai, Diocese of Vilkaviškis |
Auxiliary Bishops | Algirdas Jurevičius (Apostolic Administrator) |
Bishops emeritus | |
Map | |
![]() Map of the Archdiocese | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Kaunensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Lithuania. The episcopal see is in Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. The archdiocese's motherchurch and cathedral is Kaunas Cathedral Basilica; it is also home to a Minor Basilica in a town of Šiluva, in the region of Samogitia.
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