Roman Catholic Diocese of Šiauliai

Diocese of Šiauliai (Latin: Dioecesis Siauliensis) is a Roman Catholic Diocese of Lithuania. The current bishop is Darius Trijonis (since 2024). The diocese in present structure and territory was established on May 27, 1997.

Diocese of Šiauliai Dioecesis Siauliensis Šiaulių vyskupija
Šiauliai Cathedral in the center of Šiauliai
Location
Country	Lithuania
Ecclesiastical province	Kaunas
Metropolitan	Kaunas
Statistics
Area	7,696 km2 (2,971 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2014) 329,000 247,200 (75.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin
Established	28 May 1997
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Šiauliai
Patron saint	Mary Immaculate
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Darius Trijonis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Kęstutis Kėvalas
Bishops emeritus	Eugenijus Bartulis
Map
Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

The diocese covers an area of 7,696 km² (2,971 sq mi), and is a suffragate of the Archdiocese of Kaunas. In 2004 the diocese of Šiauliai had about 269,861 believers (79.7% of the population), 65 priests and 67 parishes.^[1]

The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Šiauliai has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.^[2] The main pilgrimage place is Hill of Crosses.^[3]