Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Vilnius
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius (Latin: Archidioecesis Vilnensis; Lithuanian: Vilniaus arkivyskupija) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania. Established as the Diocese of Vilnius in the 14th century, it was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XI on October 28, 1925. It has two suffragan sees of Kaišiadorys and Panevėžys.
The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is Cathedral-Basilica of St. Stanislaus and St. Ladislaus in Vilnius; it also houses a minor basilica in Różanystok. The current Archbishop of Vilnius is Cardinal Audrys Bačkis, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on December 24, 1991. The Cardinal is assisted by two Auxiliary Bishops (Auxiliary Bishop Juozas Tunaitis, 81, Titular Bishop of Sassura, having served since being named by Pope John Paul II in May 1991, died on June 1, 2012). Auxiliary Bishop Arunas Poniskaitis, Titular Bishop of Sinna, and formerly the Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vilkaviskis, has served since being named by Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, February 5, 2010. On Thursday, September 27, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed the Rev. Fr. Kęstutis Kėvalas, formerly on staff at Kaunas Cathedral and the seminary (and Director of Radio Maria in Lithuania), as Auxiliary Bishop-elect of the Archdiocese of Vilnius and Titular Bishop of Abziri. Auxiliary Bishop-elect Kėvalas will be ordained and installed at a date in the near future.
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