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Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaišiadorys

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
6,557 km²

Country
  
Lithuania

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+370 346 52208

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Gintaras Grušas

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaišiadorys

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2013)170,000137,800 (81.1%)

Cathedral
  
Kristaus Atsimainymo katedra(Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ)

Emeritus Bishops
  
Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas

Address
  
Kęstučio g. 44, Kaišiadorys 56124, Lithuania

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius

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.

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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.

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

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaišiadorys Wikipedia
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