Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaišiadorys

Coordinates: 54°51′N 24°27′E / 54.850°N 24.450°E / 54.850; 24.450
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Diocese of Kaišiadorys

Dioecesis Kaisiadorensis

Vyskupija Kaišiadorių
Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas
Map
Location of Diocese of Kaišiadorys in Lithuania
Location of Diocese of Kaišiadorys in Lithuania
Website
Website of the Diocese

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.

  • MIC
    (15 July 1982 – 10 March 1989)
  • Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas
    (10 March 1989 – 24 December 1991)

See also

  • List of Roman Catholic dioceses of Lithuania

References

54°51′N 24°27′E / 54.850°N 24.450°E / 54.850; 24.450