Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Vilkaviškis, Diocese of

VILKAVIŠKIS, DIOCESI DI

By Renata Orazi Ausenda

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VILKAVIŠKIS, DIOCESE OF. - City and diocese in the Republic of Lithuania.

It has an area of 12,000 sq. km. with a population of 365,000 inhabitants, of whom 350,000 are Catholics, and it had 101 parishes and 120 churches (Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 424). No further statistical data are available, since the entire ecclesiastical hierarchy has been suppressed.

The diocese was erected by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Lituanorum gente of 4 April 1926, by dismemberment from the archdiocese of Kaunas, assigning to it 11 deaneries. The church, dedicated to the Visitation of the B.V.M., was elevated to the rank and dignity of Cathedral.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 18 (1926), pp. 121-23.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1425.

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Orazi, Ausenda Renata. “VilkaviŠKis, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1425. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/vilkaviskis-diocesi-di.

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Orazi, Ausenda Renata. “VilkaviŠKis, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1425. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/vilkaviskis-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Orazi, Ausenda Renata},
  title     = {VilkaviŠKis, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1425},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/vilkaviskis-diocesi-di}
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