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Bishops of Samogitia, Samogitian diocese (now a part of Lithuania) from 1417 to 1926.
The seat of the diocese was in Varniai/Medininkai until 1864, when it was moved to Kaunas. It was liquidated in 1926 by Pope Pius XI when the archdiocese of Kaunas was created.
Bishops of Samogitia Matthias of Trakai 1417–1422 Mikołaj 1422–1434 Piotr 1434–1435 Jakub of Vilnius 1436–1439 Bartłomiej 1439–1453 Jerzy of Vilnius 1453–1464 Motiejus Topolietis 1464–1470 Baltramiejus Svirenkavičius 1471–1482 Martynas Žemaitis 1483–1492 Martynas Lintfaras 1492–1515 Mikołaj III Radziwiłł 1515–1530 Mikalojus Viežgaila 1531–1533 Vaclovas Virbickis 1534–1555 Jan Domanowski 1556–1563 Stanisław Narkuski 1564–1564 Wiktoryn Wierzbicki 1565–1567 Jurgis Petkūnas 1567–1574 Melchior Giedroyć 1576–1609 Mikołaj Pac 1610–1618 Stanisław Kiszka 1618–1626 Abraham Woyna 1626–1631 Merkelis Geišas 1631–1633 Jerzy Tyszkiewicz 1633–1649 Piotr Parczewski 1649–1659 Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha 1660–1667 Kazimierz Pac 1667–1695 Jan Hieronim Kryszpin-Kirszensztein 1695–1708 Jan Mikołaj Zgierski 1710–1713 Paweł Franciszek Sapieha 1715 Aleksander Gorajski 1716–1735 Józef Michał Karp 1736–1739 Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz 1740–1762 Jan Dominik Łopaciński 1762–1778 Jan Stefan Giedroyć 1778–1802 Józef Arnulf Giedroyć 1802–1838 Szymon Mikołaj Giedroyć 1838–1844 Motiejus Valančius 1849–1875 Aleksandras Beresnevičius 1875–1883 Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis 1883–1908 Gasparas Feliksas Cirtautas 1910–1913 Franciszek Karewicz (Pranciškus Karevičius) 1914–1926 References
- This article incorporates information from the revision as of 4 October 2008 of the equivalent article on the Polish Wikipedia.
- Błaszczyk, Grzegorz. Diecezja żmudzka od XV do początku XVII wieku : ustrój-- Wyd. 1. – Poznań : Wydaw. Naukowe UAM, 1993. – 369 p, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Seria Historia ; Nr. 180) ISBN 83-232-0585-X; ISSN 0554-8217
External links
- (Lithuanian) Lietuvos dailės muziejaus Žemaičių vyskupai
- (Lithuanian) Varniai muziejaus Žemaičių vyskupai
- (Lithuanian) Varnių katedra
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