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Archbishop Metropolit:
SIGITAS TAMKEVIČIUS SJ
Auxiliary Bishop:
JONAS IVANAUSKAS
Bishops Emeriti:
VLADISLOVAS MICHELEVIČIUS
Curia Address:
Rotušės a. 14a
LT44279 Kaunas
Established on April 4, 1926.
The main pilgrimage place Šiluva.
| DIOCESAN STATISTICS |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Territory: |
8 750 km2 |
8 750 km2 |
8 750 km2 |
8 750 km2 |
| Inhabitants: |
~ 763 400 |
~ 760 000 |
~ 750 000 |
~ 620 000 |
| Catholics: |
~ 532 000 |
~ 512 570 |
~ 506 000 |
~ 500 000 |
| Parishes: |
92 |
92 |
92 |
92 |
| Rectories: |
7 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Diocesan Priests: |
99 |
101 |
105 |
108 |
| Diocesan Priests Ordained per Year: |
7 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
| Religious Priests: |
23 |
22 |
26 |
29 |
| Seminarians: |
31 |
34 |
31 |
36 |
| Men Religious: |
32 |
30 |
39 |
40 |
| Women Religious: |
372 |
275 |
283 |
286 |
| Baptized: |
5 922 |
5 833 |
4 915 |
4 757 |
| Couples Married: |
2 084 |
1 877 |
1 641 |
1 643 |
| Buried: |
5 712 |
5 450 |
5 706 |
6 532 |
Data from Annuario Pontificio 2000, 2002 and 2003 and Kaunas Diocesan Curia
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