Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja

Roman Catholic diocese in Latvia

Diocese of Liepāja Dioecesis Liepaiensis Diecēzē Liepājas

Location
Country	Latvia
Ecclesiastical province	Riga
Metropolitan	Riga
Statistics
Area	13,210 km² (5,100 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2016) 274,200 27,400 (10%)
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Svētā Jāzepa Katedrālē (Cathedral of St. Joseph)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Viktors Stulpins
Metropolitan Archbishop	Zbigņevs Stankevičs
Bishops emeritus	Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja (Latin: Liepaien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Liepāja in the ecclesiastical province of Riga in Latvia.

History

8 May 1937: Established as Diocese of Liepāja from the Archdiocese of Riga^[1]
2 December 1995: Lost territory to new Diocese of Jelgava^[2]

Leadership

Bishops of Liepāja (Roman rite)
- Antonijs Urbšs (29 Apr 1938 – 11 Aug 1965)
- Pēteris Strods (Apostolic Administrator 25 Jul 1947 – 5 Aug 1960)
- Julijans Vaivods (Apostolic Administrator 10 Nov 1964 – 24 May 1990)
- Jānis Cakuls (Apostolic Administrator 23 May 1990 – 8 May 1991)
- Jānis Bulis (8 May 1991 – 7 Dec 1995)
- Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis (7 Dec 1995 – 12 May 2001)
- Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. (12 May 2001 – 20 June 2012)
- Viktors Stulpins (7 September 2013 – present)

Sources

GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy
Diocese website

References

^ Liepaiensis: A Rigensis archidioecesis territorio pars seiungitur, ex qua nova erigitur dioecesis <<Liepaiensis>> nuncupanda, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29 (1937), p. 384
^ Ielgavensis: Nova dioecesis conditur in Lettonia, Ielgavensis appellanda, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88 (1996), p. 229

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