Diocese of Liepāja

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja () 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 RigaLiepaiensis: A Rigensis archidioecesis territorio pars seiungitur, ex qua nova erigitur dioecesis <<Liepaiensis>> nuncupanda, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29 (1937), p. 384 2 December 1995: Lost territory to new Diocese of JelgavaIelgavensis: Nova dioecesis conditur in Lettonia, Ielgavensis appellanda, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88 (1996), p. 229

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)

See also Roman Catholicism in Latvia

Sources GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy Diocese website

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