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The Catholic Church in Lithuania (Lithuanian: Katalikų Bažnyčia Lietuvoje) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Lithuania is the world's northernmost Catholic majority country.[2] Pope Pius XII gave Lithuania the title of "northernmost outpost of Catholicism in Europe" in 1939.[3][4]
Among the Baltic states, Lithuania is the country with the highest percentage of Catholic population.[5] Almost three-quarters (74.19%) of Lithuania's population, self-identified as Catholics in the 2021 census.[6] The country is divided into eight dioceses including two archdioceses and a military ordinariate.[7]
St. Casimir (Kazimieras, 1458–1484) is the only canonized saint of Lithuania. He is the patron of the country and Lithuanian youth. Archbishop Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (1871–1927) was beatified in 1987.[8]