Jurgis matulaitis
Jurgis Matulaitis MIC (also: Georg Matulaitis , Jerzy Matulewicz ) (born April 13, 1871 in Marijampolė , † January 27, 1927 in Kaunas ) is a Lithuanian Catholic Blessed and was Archbishop of Vilnius from 1918 to 1925 and founder of the order.
Life
Jurgis Matulaitis renewed the Congregation of the Marians and acted as their superior general . In Freiburg he continued his studies and received his doctorate on orthodox theology. Matulaitis was ordained a priest in 1898, and from 1907 he taught as a professor of theology in Saint Petersburg . He was recalled from his office (from 1918) as Archbishop of Vilnius by the Curia when Vilnius fell to Poland after the end of the Russian Empire . Instead, he was tasked with preparing a concordat with Lithuania , but died unexpectedly on a visitation trip for the Holy See. He was titular Archbishop of Adulis from 1925 until his death .
beatification
Matulaitis was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987, on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the Christianization of Lithuania .
literature
- Juozas Vaisnora: Archbishop Jurgis Matulaitis, 1871-1927. An apostle of the living church . Christiana Verlag, Stein / Rhein 1982, ISBN 3-7171-0818-2 .
Web links
- Jurgis Matulaitis in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- Detailed biography with photos on lithuanian-american.org ( English )
- Detailed biography with photographs on the part of Maria Nero Rdens (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ Algirdas Jurevičius : The Catholic Church of Lithuania. On the way to renewal . Kovac, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-8300-1474-0 , pp. 77-78.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Eduard von der Ropp |
Archbishop of Vilnius 1918 - 1925 |
Jan Feliks Cieplak |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matulaitis, Jurgis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Matulaitis, Georg; Matulewicz, Jerzy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Vilnius and Blessed |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marijampolė |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1927 |
| Place of death | Kaunas |