Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaišiadorys

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Diocese of Kaišiadorys
Dioecesis
Statistics
Country: Lithuania
Metropolitan: Vilnius
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 6,557 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
186,000 (2006)
148,893 (80.0%)
Cathedral: Kristaus Atsimainymo katedra
(Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ )
Ordinaries
Bishop: Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaišiadorys {Latin: Kaišiadoren(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Kaišiadorys in the Ecclesiastical province of Vilnius in Lithuania.

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[edit] History

  • April 4, 1926: Established as Diocese of Kaišiadorys from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Kaišiadorys (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas (since 1991.12.24)
    • Bishop Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas (Apostolic Administrator 1989.03.10 – 1991.12.24)
    • Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. (Apostolic Administrator 1982.07.15 – 1989.03.10)
    • Archbishop Teofilo Matulionis (1943.01.09 – 1962.08.20)
    • Bishop Juozapas Kukta (1926.04.05 – 1942.06.16)

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