Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaišiadorys explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Kaišiadorys
Latin:Dioecesis Kaisiadorensis
Local:Vyskupija Kaišiadorių
Country: Lithuania
Metropolitan:Vilnius
Rite:Latin Rite
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Cathedral:Transfiguration Cathedral
Area Km2:6,557
Population:118,000
Population As Of:2016
Catholics:100,000
Catholics Percent:84.7
Metro Archbishop:Gintaras Grušas
Emeritus Bishops:Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas
Map:Lituania - Diocesi di Kaišiadorys.png
Website:Website of the Diocese
Patron:St Joseph

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaišiadorys (Latin: Kaisiadorensis) is a diocese located in the city of Kaišiadorys in the Ecclesiastical Province of Vilnius in Lithuania. It was established on 4 April 1926 from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Bishops

  1. Juozapas Kukta (5 April 1926 – 16 June 1942 Died)
  2. Teofilius Matulionis (9 January 1943 – 20 August 1962 Died)
  3. Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas (24 December 1991 – 11 February 2012 Retired)
  4. Jonas Ivanauskas (11 February 2012 –)

Apostolic administrators

Between 1982 and 1991, Kaišiadorys was led by Apostolic Administrators rather than bishops.

See also

References

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