Diocese of Liepāja
| Diocese of Liepāja | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Latvia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Riga |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Riga |
| Diocesan bishop | Viktor's forend pins |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis OP |
| founding | 1937 |
| surface | 13,210 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 274,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 27,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 9.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,077 |
| Friars | 4 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 11 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Latvian |
| cathedral | St. Joseph |
| address | Peldu iela 15 LV-3400 Liepaja, Latvia |
| Website | www.katedrale.lv |
The Diocese of Liepaja ( lat. : Dioecesis Liepaiensis , Latvian Liepājas diecēze ) since 1937 in Latvia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Liepaja (Libau). As a suffragan, it is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Riga .
history
The diocese was on May 8, 1937 from areas of the Archdiocese of Riga with the bull Aeterna animarum salus by Pope Pius XI. founded. In 1995 it gave up part of its diocese territory to establish the diocese of Jelgava . It largely corresponds to the Latvian region of Courland .
The diocese can be considered a diaspora diocese , as only a little more than 10% of the population are Catholics. The pavilion of the Holy See from EXPO 2000 in Hanover was rebuilt in 2002 as the St. Meinard Church in Liepāja (Latvia).
Bishops of Liepāja
- 1938–1965 Antonijs Urbšs (also spelled "Urbbs"; 1879–1965)
- 1965–1991 Sedis vacancy
- 1964–1990 Julijans Vaivods , Apostolic Administrator
- 1990–1991 Jānis Cakuls, Apostolic Administrator
- 1991–1995 Jānis Bulis , then Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona
- 1995–2001 Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis
- 2001–2012 Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis OP
- 2012–2013 Edvards Pavlovskis , Apostolic Administrator, Bishop of Jelgava
- Viktor's faceplate since 2013
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Liepāja on catholic-hierarchy.org
- http://www.katedrale.lv (Official web portal of the Diocese of Liepāja, Latvian / in English)