Bishop of Samogitia
The following is a list of the bishops of Samogitia, who administered the Diocese of Samogitia (now a part of Lithuania) from 1417 to 1926.
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Coat of arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Samogitia
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Coat of arms of the Cathedral Chapter of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Samogitia, 1738
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 Kaunas was created.
| Bishops of Samogitia | |
|---|---|
| Matthias of Trakai | 1417–1422 |
| Mikołaj | 1422–1434 |
| Piotr | 1434–1435 |
| Jakub of Vilnius | 1436–1439 |
| Bartłomiej | 1439–1453 |
| Jerzy of Vilnius | 1453–1464 |
| Motiejus Topolietis | 1464–1470 |
| Baltramiejus Svirenkavičius | 1471–1482 |
| Martynas Žemaitis | 1483–1492 |
| Martynas Lintfaras | 1492–1515 |
| Mikołaj III Radziwiłł | 1515–1530 |
| Mikalojus Viežgaila | 1531–1533 |
| Vaclovas Virbickis | 1534–1555 |
| Jan Domanowski | 1556–1563 |
| Stanisław Narkuski | 1564–1564 |
| Wiktoryn Wierzbicki | 1565–1567 |
| Jurgis Petkūnas | 1567–1574 |
| Melchior Giedroyć | 1576–1609 |
| Mikołaj Pac | 1610–1618 |
| Stanisław Kiszka | 1618–1626 |
| Abraham Woyna | 1626–1631 |
| Merkelis Geišas | 1631–1633 |
| Jerzy Tyszkiewicz | 1633–1649 |
| Piotr Parczewski | 1649–1659 |
| Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha | 1660–1667 |
| Kazimierz Pac | 1667–1695 |
| Jan Hieronim Kryszpin-Kirszensztein | 1695–1708 |
| Jan Mikołaj Zgierski | 1710–1713 |
| Paweł Franciszek Sapieha | 1715 |
| Aleksander Gorajski | 1716–1735 |
| Józef Michał Karp | 1736–1739 |
| Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz | 1740–1762 |
| Jan Dominik Łopaciński | 1762–1778 |
| Jan Stefan Giedroyć | 1778–1802 |
| Józef Arnulf Giedroyć | 1802–1838 |
| Szymon Mikołaj Giedroyć | 1838–1844 |
| Motiejus Valančius | 1849–1875 |
| Aleksandras Beresnevičius | 1875–1883 |
| Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis | 1883–1908 |
| Gasparas Feliksas Cirtautas | 1910–1913 |
| Pranciškus Karevičius (Franciszek Karewicz) | 1914–1926 |
References
- Błaszczyk, Grzegorz. Diecezja żmudzka od XV do początku XVII wieku : ustrój—Wyd. 1. – Poznań : Wydaw. Naukowe UAM, 1993. – 369 p, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Seria Historia ; Nr. 180) ISBN 83-232-0585-X; ISSN 0554-8217
External links
- (in Lithuanian) Lietuvos dailės muziejaus Žemaičių vyskupai
- (in Lithuanian) Varniai muziejaus Žemaičių vyskupai Archived 26 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Lithuanian) Varnių katedra Archived 25 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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