Vilkaviškis diocese
| Vilkaviškis diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Lithuania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Kaunas |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaunas |
| Diocesan bishop | Rimantas Norvila |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Juozas Žemaitis MIC |
| founding | 1926 |
| surface | 6,280 km² |
| Dean's offices | 7 (2010) |
| Parishes | 104 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 319.126 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 311,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 97.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 109 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,704 |
| Friars | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 75 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| cathedral | Vilkaviškis Cathedral |
| address | Kriauciuno 17 4520 Marijampole, Lietuva |
| Website | www.vilkaviskis.lcn.lt |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vilkaviškis ( Latin Dioecesis Vilkaviskensis , lithuanian Vilkaviškio vyskupija ) located in the western Lithuania , on the left bank of the Memel and is adjacent to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas , Archdiocese of Vilnius , Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaišiadorys , Diocese of Ełk ( Poland ) and Diocese of Grodno ( Belarus ) or region Kaliningrad (Russia). The Vilkaviškis diocese belongs to the Kaunas metropolitan area .
Until 1926 the area of the diocese belonged to the diocese of Łomża .
The bishopric is in Vilkaviškis . The current bishop is Rimantas Norvila , the bishop emeritus is Juozas Žemaitis , MIC.
Dean's offices
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There are 7 deaneries:
- Deanery Aleksotas
- Deanery Alytus
- Deanery Lazdijai
- Marijampolė Deanery
- Deanery Prienų
- Deanery Šakiai
- Vilkaviškis Deanery
There are 106 parishes . 91% of the 403,000 inhabitants of the Vilkaviškis diocese were Catholic (state survey 2002). In 2003, Caritas will look after five old people's homes, ten day centers for children and a soup kitchen .
Bishops
- 1926–1940 Mečislovas Reinys , coadjutor
- 1926–1947 Antanas Karosas
- 1940–1944 Vincentas Padolskis , coadjutor
- 1947–1949 Vincentas Vizgirda , administrator
- May 1949 – March 1989 administered by the Archdiocese of Kaunas
- March 18, 1989-5. January 2002 Juozas Žemaitis , MIC
- since January 5, 2002 Rimantas Norvila
Personalities
- Jurgis Matulaitis (1871-1927), Seliger
- Vincas Bartuška (1917–2010), Apostolic Protonotary , Professor of Canon Law