Bishop of Samogitia explained

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.

The seat of the diocese was in Varniai/Medininkai until 1864, when it was moved to Kaunas. It was promoted in 1926 as Archdiocese by Pope Pius XI with the new name of archdiocese of Kaunas. The first Samogitian Cathedral is now in the territory of Diocese of Telšiai.

Bishops of Samogitia
Matthias of Trakai1417–1422
Mikołaj1422–1434
Piotr1434–1435
Jakub of Vilnius1436–1439
Bartłomiej1439–1453
Jerzy of Vilnius1453–1464
Motiejus Topolietis1464–1470
Baltramiejus Svirenkavičius1471–1482
Martynas Žemaitis1483–1492
Martynas Lintfaras1492–1515
Mikołaj III Radziwiłł1515–1530
Mikalojus Viežgaila1531–1533
Vaclovas Virbickis1534–1555
Jan Domanowski1556–1563
Stanisław Narkuski1564–1564
Wiktoryn Wierzbicki1565–1567
Jurgis Petkūnas1567–1574
Melchior Giedroyć1576–1609
Mikołaj Pac1610–1618
Stanisław Kiszka1618–1626
Abraham Woyna1626–1631
Merkelis Geišas1631–1633
Jerzy Tyszkiewicz1633–1649
Piotr Parczewski1649–1659
Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha1660–1667
Kazimierz Pac1667–1695
Jan Hieronim Kryszpin-Kirszensztein1695–1708
Jan Mikołaj Zgierski1710–1713
Paweł Franciszek Sapieha1715
Aleksander Gorajski1716–1735
Józef Michał Karp1736–1739
Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz1740–1762
Jan Dominik Łopaciński1762–1778
Jan Stefan Giedroyć1778–1802
Józef Arnulf Giedroyć1802–1838
Szymon Mikołaj Giedroyć1838–1844
Motiejus Valančius1849–1875
Aleksandras Beresnevičius1875–1883
Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis1883–1908
Gasparas Feliksas Cirtautas1910–1913
1914–1926

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