Catholic Church

Also known as: Litauen (Deutsch), Lituania (español, Italiano, latine), la Lituanie (français), Litwa (polski), Lituânia (Português), Lietuva (lietuvių kalba), 立陶宛 (正體中文), リトアニア (日本語)

Continent: East Europe

Capital: Vilnius

Area: 62,680 km²

Population: 2,823,859

Patron Saints: Saint Casimir, Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg

Saints: 4 Saints, 9 Blesseds

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Religions: Roman Catholic 77.2%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Old Believer 0.8%, Evangelical Lutheran 0.6%, Evangelical Reformist 0.2%, other (including Sunni Muslim, Jewish, Greek Catholic, and Karaite) 0.8%, none 6.1%, unspecified 10.1%

Languages: Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other 0.9%, unspecified 3.5%

Ethnic Groups: Lithuanian 84.1%, Polish 6.6%, Russian 5.8%, Belarusian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.2%

Motto: Tautos jėga vienybėje (Lithuanian) (The strength of the nation lies in unity)

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Poland , ↙ Russia , ↑ Latvia , ↘ Belarus

Jurisdictions (9): Metr. Archdioceses (2), Dioceses (5), Ordinariates (1), Military Ordinariates (1)

Roman Rite (8): Kaišiadorys, Kaunas, Lietuvos kariuomenės ordinariatas, Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Telšiai–Klaipėda, Vilkaviškis, Vilnius

Armenian Church (1): East Europe

Cardinals (0 electors/2 total): Bačkis (86), Tamkevičius (84) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: Lithuania

Conference of Bishops: Conferentia Episcopalis Lituaniæ (L.V.K.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)