Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas Archidioecesis Metropolitae Kaunensis Kauno Arkivyskupija Metropolitas
Kaunas Cathedral, the mother church of the Archdiocese
Location
Country	Lithuania
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	Sigitas Tamkevičius Lionginas Virbalas
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.