The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaišiadorys ( la, Kaisiadorensis) is a

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 ...

located in the city of

Kaišiadorys Kaišiadorys () is a city in central Lithuania. It is situated between Vilnius and Kaunas. Kaišiadorys is one of six Lithuanian diocese centres. It is home to the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ built in 1932. The Lithuanian Veterinar ...

in the

Ecclesiastical Province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. It was established on 4 April 1926 from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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)

Bishops

Juozapas Kukta Juozapas Kukta (born 1873 in Trakiniai) was a Lithuanian clergyman and bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are no ...

(5 April 1926 – 16 June 1942 Died) # Teofilius Matulionis (9 January 1943 – 20 August 1962 Died) #

Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas Juozapas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language name Joseph. List of people named Juozapas * Juozapas Baka (1707–1780), late Baroque poet, Jesuit priest and missionary * Juozapas Kazimieras Kosakovskis (17 ...

(24 December 1991 – 11 February 2012 Retired) # Jonas Ivanauskas (11 February 2012 – )

Apostolic administrators

Between 1982 and 1991, Kaišiadorys was led by

Apostolic Administrator An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

s rather than bishops. *

Vincentas Sladkevičius Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. (20 August 1920 – 28 May 2000) was a Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. I ...

, MIC (15 July 1982 – 10 March 1989) *

(10 March 1989 – 24 December 1991)

References

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Lithuania Christian organizations established in 1926 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Kaišiadorys {{Europe-RC-diocese-stub

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops

Apostolic administrators

See also

References