Diocese of Šiauliai, Lithuania 🇱🇹

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Šiauliai / Siaulien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaunas

Neighbouring Dioceses: Telšiai (←), Jelgava (↑), Panevėžys (→), Kaunas (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1997.05.28: Established as Diocese of Šiauliai / Siaulien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas, Diocese of Panevėžys and Diocese of Telšiai and became suffragan of Kaunas)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1993.09)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.12.08 – ...):

Bishop Darius Trijonis (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Šiauliai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Darius Trijonis (52)
(2024.12.08 – ...)

Bishop of Šiauliai (Lithuania)

In simplicitate et sinceritate Dei

Born:	1973.04.21 (Telšiai, Lithuania)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.12.16

Priest of Telšiai (Lithuania) (1997.05.18 – 2017.09.29)

Titular Bishop of Fissiana (2017.09.29 – 2024.06.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) (2017.09.29 – 2024.06.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Šiauliai (Lithuania) (2024.06.06 – 2024.12.08)

Bishop of Šiauliai (Lithuania) (2024.12.08 – ...)

Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis (76)
(1997.05.28 – 2024.12.08)

Bishop emeritus of Šiauliai (Lithuania)

Gaudete semper in Domino

Born:	1949.12.07 (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Ordained Priest:	1976.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.06.29

Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1976.05.30 – 1997.05.28)

Bishop of Šiauliai (Lithuania) (1997.05.28 – 2024.12.08)

Military Ordinary of Lithuania (Lithuania) (2000.11.25 – 2010.07.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Darius Trijonis (52) (2024.06.06 – 2024.12.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Šv. Apaštalų Petro ir Pauliaus katedra, Šiauliai, Šiauliai
Shrine: Kryžių kalnas, Šiauliai, Šiauliai
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (73)

Telšiai (←), Jelgava (↑), Panevėžys (→), Kaunas (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,696 km²

Population: 214,538 Catholics (88.7% of 241,764 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 59 priests (49 diocesan, 10 religious), 18 religious (15 brothers, 3 sisters)