Bishops of Vilnius (Vilna, Wilna, Wilno)
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
from 1388 and
archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
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archdiocese of Vilnius
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius ( la, Archidioecesis Vilnensis; lt, Vilniaus arkivyskupija) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania. Established as the Diocese of Vilnius in t ...
) from 1925:
["Archdiocese of Vilnius"]
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 11, 2016["Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius"]
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 11, 2016
Auxiliary bishops
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Cyprian Wiliński
Cyprian (; la, Thaschus Caecilius Cyprianus; 210 – 14 September 258 AD''The Liturgy of the Hours according to the Roman Rite: Vol. IV.'' New York: Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1975. p. 1406.) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christ ...
(Wiliski),
O.P. (3 Mar 1572 – 1594)
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Nicolas Pac (Mikalojus Pacas)(Mikołaj Pac) (9 Sep 1602 – 29 Mar 1610)
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Abraham Wojna (Abraomas Voina) (25 May 1611 – 20 Jul 1626 Appointed,
Bishop of Žemaičiai
Bishops of Samogitia, Samogitian diocese (now a part of Lithuania) from 1417 to 1926.
The seat of the diocese was in Varniai/Medininkai until 1864, when it was moved to Kaunas. It was liquidated in 1926 by Pope Pius XI when the archdiocese of ...
)
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Jerzy Tyszkiewicz (Jurgis Tiškevičius) (17 May 1627 – 19 Dec 1633 Appointed,
Bishop of Žemaičiai
Bishops of Samogitia, Samogitian diocese (now a part of Lithuania) from 1417 to 1926.
The seat of the diocese was in Varniai/Medininkai until 1864, when it was moved to Kaunas. It was liquidated in 1926 by Pope Pius XI when the archdiocese of ...
)
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Stanislaw Nieborski (12 Jun 1634 – 27 May 1644)
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Hieronim Wladysław Sanguszko,
S.J. (12 Dec 1644 – 31 May 1655)
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Theodorus Skuminowicz
Teodor Skuminowicz or Theodorus Skumin (died on 24 September 1668) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1652–1668) and Titular Bishop of ''Gratianopolis'' (1652–1668).
Biography
On 12 August 1652, Teodor Sk ...
(Skumin) (12 Aug 1652 – 24 Sep 1668)
["Bishop Theodorus Skuminowicz (Skumin)"]
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 11, 2016["Bishop Theodorus Skuminowicz"]
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 11, 2016
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Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha
Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha (13 May 1624 – 22 May 1671) was a Polish nobleman. He became bishop of Samogitia in 1660 and of Vilnius in 1667.
After the abdication of Jan Kazimierz, he initially supported the candidacy of Philip William, Electo ...
(2 Aug 1655 – 12 Jan 1660 Appointed,
Bishop of Žemaičiai
Bishops of Samogitia, Samogitian diocese (now a part of Lithuania) from 1417 to 1926.
The seat of the diocese was in Varniai/Medininkai until 1864, when it was moved to Kaunas. It was liquidated in 1926 by Pope Pius XI when the archdiocese of ...
)
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Gothard Jan Tyzenhaus
Gotthard (or Godehard) (960 – 5 May 1038 AD; la, Gotthardus, Godehardus), also known as ''Gothard'' or ''Godehard the Bishop'', was a German bishop venerated as a saint.
Life
Gotthard was born in 960 near Niederaltaich in the diocese of P ...
(Gotthard Johann von Tiesenhausen) (5 Apr 1661 – 17 Sep 1668)
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Mikolaj Słupski (3 Jun 1669 – 1691)
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Vladislaus Silnicki
Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław, ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav'' ...
(15 Feb 1683 – 8 Feb 1692)
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Jonas Jeronimas Krišpinas (30 Aug 1694 – 19 Sep 1695)
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Jan Mikolaj Zgierski
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to:
Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Num ...
(2 Jan 1696 – 25 Jan 1706)
*Wojciech Izdebski (18 Jun 1696 – 3 Nov 1702)
*Aleksander Mikolaj Horain (15 Sep 1704 – 23 Dec 1711)
*Maciej Józef Ancuta (1 Oct 1710 – 14 Jun 1717 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius)
*Karol Piotr Pancerzyński (5 Oct 1712 – 31 May 1721 Appointed,
Bishop of Smoleńsk
Bishops of Smolensk were the Catholic bishops of Smolensk diocese (formed in 1611, mostly liquidated in 1667, finally liquidated in 1809).{{clarify, date=November 2022
Diocesan bishops
*Piotr Parczewski 1636–1649
* Franciszek Dołmat Isajkows ...
on 11 Sep 1724)
*Bogusław Korwin Gosiewski (20 Apr 1722 – 29 Jan 1725)
*Georgius Casimirus Ancuta (27 Sep 1723 – 26 Sep 1737)
*Antoni Józef Żółkowski (7 Dec 1744 – 19 Jan 1763)
*Tomasz Ignacy Zienkowicz (21 Jul 1755 – 19 Nov 1781)
*Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski (13 Mar 1775 – 17 Sep 1781 Appointed,
Bishop of Inflanty)
*Jan Stefan Giedroyć (22 Aug 1763 – 22 Apr 1765)
*Tadeusz Benedykt Feliks Towiański,
O.F.M. Conv.
The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv) is a male religious fraternity in the Roman Catholic Church that is a branch of the Franciscans. The friars in OFM CONV are also known as Conventual Franciscans, or Minorites.
Dating back to ...
(1 Dec 1766 - )
*Stanislaw Jan Siestrzencewicz Bohusz (12 Jul 1773 – 11 Dec 1783)
*Franciszek Alojzy Junosza Gzowski (23 Sep 1782 – 1786)
*Piotr Aleksander Samson Toczyłowski (23 Sep 1782 – 14 Dec 1793)
*David Pilchowski (1 Jun 1795 – 22 Dec 1803)
*Georges Połubiński (27 Jun 1796 – 1801)
*Ignacy Houwalt (20 Aug 1804 – 5 May 1807)
*Andrzej Chołoniewski (20 Aug 1804 – 1819)
*Nikodem Puzyna (26 Sep 1814 – 22 Oct 1819)
*Tadeusz Kundzicz (10 Jul 1815 – 15 Jan 1829)
*Andrzej Benedykt Kłągiewicz (15 Mar 1830, Appointed Bishop of Vilnius)
*Jan Cywiński (17 Dec 1840 – 17 Nov 1846)
*Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski (17 Dec 1840 – 3 Jul 1848)
*Kazimierz Mikolaj Michalkiewicz (12 Jan 1923 – 16 Feb 1940)
*Mečislovas Reinys (18 Jul 1940 – 8 Nov 1953)
*Władysław Suszyński (19 Jan 1948 Appointed, Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius on 3 Jul 1968)
*Juozas Tunaitis (8 May 1991 – 4 Mar 2010)
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Jonas Algimantas Boruta
Jonas Algimantas Boruta (11 October 1944 – 19 December 2022) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Jesuite.
Boruta was born in Garliava, Lithuania and was ordained to the priesthood in 1982. He served as titular bishop
A titular bishop ...
,
S.J. (28 May 1997 – 5 Jan 2002)
*Edward Ozorowski (31 Jan 1979 – 5 Jun 1991)
*Arūnas Poniškaitis (5 Feb 2010)
References
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