Diocese of Kaišiadorys
| Diocese of Kaišiadorys | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Lithuania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Vilnius |
| Diocesan bishop | Jonas Ivanauskas |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Juozapas matulaitis |
| founding | April 4, 1926 |
| surface | 6,557 km² |
| Dean's offices | 7 (2018) |
| Parishes | 68 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Residents | 170,000 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics | 137,800 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| proportion of | 81.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 61 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,259 |
| Religious sisters | 20 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Lithuanian |
| cathedral | Transfiguration of Christ |
| address | Kęstučio g. 44; LT-56124 Kaišiadorys |
| Website | http://kaisiadorys.lcn.lt |
The diocese of Kaišiadorys ( Latin : Dioecesis Kaisiadorensis , Lithuanian : Kaišiadorių vyskupija ) is a Lithuanian diocese in central Lithuania . The bishopric is located in Kaišiadorys .
history
The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vilnius and was founded on April 4th 1926 by Pope Pius XI. founded. This regulated the adjustment of the administrative borders of the Roman Catholic Church in the Baltic States to the political borders of the time. The diocese of Kaišiadorys are those areas of the Archdiocese of Vilnius which, after the Polish occupation of the Polish- speaking area around Vilnius from October 12, 1920, did not belong to Litwa Środkowa and from 1922 not to the Polish Republic , but to the republic founded in 1918 Lithuania remained.
Ordinaries
Bishops
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Juozapas Kukta (April 5, 1926 to June 16, 1942)
- Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas (Apostolic Administrator from 1942 to 1943)
- Teofilius Matulionis (January 9, 1943 to August 20, 1962) (1946 ban on the exercise of office by the Soviet regime )
Apostolic Administrators
- Bernardas Sužiedėlis (1946 to 1949)
- Juozapas Stankevičius (1949 to 1957)
- Juozapas Meidus (1959 to 1962)
- Povilas Bakšys (1962 to 1974)
- Juozapas Andrikonis (1974 to 1982)
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Vincentas Sladkevičius MIC
- Auxiliary Bishop from November 14, 1957 to July 15, 1982
- 1962 to 1982 house arrest and prohibition of the exercise of office
- Apostolic Administrator from July 15, 1982 to March 10, 1989
- Juozapas Matulaitis (March 10, 1989 to December 24, 1991)
Bishops
- Juozapas Matulaitis (December 24, 1991 - February 12, 2012)
- Jonas Ivanauskas (since February 12, 2012)
Dean's offices
- Deanery Alytus
- Deanery Elektrėnai
- Deanery Kaišiadorys
- Deanery Merkinė
- Deanery Molėtai
- Deanery Stakliškės
- Deanery Širvintos
partnership
The Diocese of Kaišiadorys maintains a partnership with the Diocese of Magdeburg ( Germany ).