Kazimieras Paltarokas
Kazimieras Paltarokas (born October 22, 1875 in Gailioniai , Wolost Pasvalys , † January 3, 1958 in Vilnius ) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishop .
Life
Paltarokas studied at the Joniškėlis elementary school and graduated from the high school in Mintauja , Latvia . He then studied at the Kaunas Seminary and the Spiritual Seminary in Saint Petersburg , Russia . There he defended the dissertation De origine animae humanae and received a master's degree. In 1902 he was ordained a priest. He then worked in the Latvian city of Liepāja .
From 1911 he taught at the Kaunas seminary. From 1914 he was vice rain of the seminar. From 1922 to 1926 he taught pastoral theology as a professor at the University of Lithuania . On April 5, 1926 he was appointed Bishop of Panevėžys by the Pope and consecrated on May 2 by Pranciškus Karevičius . From 1926 to 1957 he headed the Panevėžys diocese. From 1949 to 1957 he was administrator of the Vilnius Archdiocese .
His grave is in the Panevėžys Cathedral .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Panevėžys 1926–1957 |
Julijonas Steponavičius |
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| SURNAME | Paltarokas, Kazimieras |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian Catholic Bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gailioniai , Wolost Pasvalys |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1958 |
| Place of death | Vilnius |