| Diocese of Telšiai Dioecesis Telsensis (-Klaipedensis) |
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| Location | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Metropolitan | Kaunas |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 13,373 km2 (5,163 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 696,806 541,765 (77.7%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Šv. Antano Paduviečio katedra (Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua) |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Jonas Boruta, S.J. |
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Location of Diocese of Telšiai in Lithuania |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai (Latin: Telsen(sis)) is an diocese located in the city of Telšiai in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaunas in Lithuania. It was established on April 4, 1926 from the Diocese of Samogitia.
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On 24 December 1991 the Territorial Prelature of Klaipėda (Memel), which had been seceded from the Diocese of Ermland on 4 April 1926, has been merged into the Telšiai diocese.[1]
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