Telšiai diocese
| Telšiai diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Lithuania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Kaunas |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaunas |
| Diocesan bishop | Algirdas Jurevičius |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jonas Boruta SJ |
| founding | 1926 |
| surface | 13,373 km² |
| Parishes | 158 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 693,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 555,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 80.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 140 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,581 |
| Friars | 17 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 31 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| cathedral | St. Anthony's Cathedral |
| Website | telsiai.lcn.lt |
The Diocese of Telšiai ( lat . : Dioecesis Telsensis , lit. Telšių vyskupija ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northwestern Lithuania with its seat in Telšiai (Telsche).
The Telšiai diocese belongs to the Kaunas metropolitan area and was founded in 1926 when the administrative boundaries of the Roman Catholic Church in the Baltic States were adjusted to the political boundaries.
The bishopric is in Telšiai (Telsche).
On December 24, 1991, the Free Prelature Memel (Klaipėdos prelatūra) , which was also founded in 1926 and formed from four Catholic Memelland parishes of the Diocese of Warmia , was assigned to the Telscher diocese area with the last 14 parishes. Since then, the third largest city in Lithuania, the important port city of Klaipėda ( Memel ), has belonged to the diocesan area.
Dean's offices
There are ten deaneries : Klaipėda , Kuršėnai , Mažeikiai , Palanga , Plungė , Skuodas , Šilalė , Šilutė , Tauragė , Telšiai.
Bishops and administrators
- Justinas Staugaitis (1926-1943)
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Vincentas Borisevičius (1944-1946)
- Pranciškus Ramanauskas (1946, administrator)
- Justinas Juodaitis (1946–1949, administrator)
- Petras Maželis (1959–1964, administrator)
- Petras Maželis (1964–1966)
- Juozapas Pletkus (1966–1975, administrator)
- Antanas Vaičius (1975–1989, administrator)
- Antanas Vaičius (1989-2001)
- Jonas Boruta (2002-2017)
- Kęstutis Kėvalas (2017–2020, then Archbishop of Kaunas)
- Algirdas Jurevičius (since 2020)
Web links
- Official Website (Lithuanian)
- Entry on the Diocese of Telšiai on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Territorial Prelature of Klaipeda / Territorialis Praelatura Klaipedensis on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 18, 2016.