Archdiocese of Vilnius
| Archdiocese of Vilnius | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Lithuania |
| Diocesan bishop | Gintaras Grušas |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Arūnas Poniškaitis Darius Trijonis |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Audrys Cardinal Bačkis |
| founding | 1388 |
| surface | 9,644 km² |
| Parishes | 95 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 773,406 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 558,847 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 72.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 131 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 44 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,193 |
| Friars | 54 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 172 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Lithuanian |
| cathedral | St. Stanislaus |
| Website | vilnius.lcn.lt |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Kaišiadorys Panevėžys |
The Archdiocese of Vilnius ( Latin : Archidioecesis Vilnensis , lit. Vilniaus arkivyskupija ) is an archdiocese in eastern Lithuania and an important part of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania .
history
The foundation of the diocese of Vilnius goes back to the 14th century, when Lithuania was Christianized through the marriage of the Lithuanian prince Jogaila with Hedwig von Anjou .
After Vilnius had been annexed by Poland in 1922, the Holy See saw itself under Pope Pius XI. forced to elevate Vilnius to an archdiocese and metropolitan area on October 28, 1926 , in addition to the Lithuanian ecclesiastical province with its seat in Kaunas . At the same time, the suffragans Kaišiadorys and Panevėžys were created by separation.
After the reorganization of the Lithuanian church in 1991, both church provinces were preserved. At the same time, the territories of the Archdiocese of Vilnius in the Republic of Poland were raised to the Białystok diocese .
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