Roman Catholicism in Latvia

The Roman Catholic Church in Latvia is divided canonically into an archbishopric and three suffragan dioceses.

Structure

Among the four Roman Catholic dioceses, the Archdiocese of Riga is historically significant. Subordinate to him are the diocese Liepaja, Jelgava, the diocese and the diocese Rezekne - Aglona. The central organ of the Latvian bishops is the Latvian Bishops' Conference.

According to statistics, about 430 235 people profess in Latvia to Catholicism. The Catholics put under the total 2.2867 million inhabitants of the country the second largest Christian community. Most residents of Latvia are Lutheran Christians. For the third-largest Christian denomination in the country, Orthodoxy, predominantly Russian-born Latvians confess. They are supervised pastoral in the Russian Orthodox Church of Latvia. The Roman Catholic Christians are cared for in 263 parishes of about 132 priests, of which 106 priests and 26 religious priests. You are a permanent deacon, 115 nuns and 31 monks to the side. Of the five historic landscapes of Latvia is historically significant for the Roman Catholic Church Latgale.