Bishop of Samogitia

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Coat of arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Samogitia
Coat of arms of the Cathedral Chapter of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Samogitia, 1738

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
1422–1434
1434–1435
1436–1439
1439–1453
1453–1464
1464–1470
1471–1482
1483–1492
1492–1515
Mikołaj III Radziwiłł 1515–1530
1531–1533
1534–1555
1556–1563
1564–1564
1565–1567
Jurgis Petkūnas 1567–1574
Melchior Giedroyć 1576–1609
1610–1618
Stanisław Kiszka 1618–1626
Abraham Woyna 1626–1631
1631–1633
Jerzy Tyszkiewicz 1633–1649
Piotr Parczewski 1649–1659
Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha 1660–1667
Kazimierz Pac 1667–1695
1695–1708
1710–1713
1715
1716–1735
1736–1739
1740–1762
1762–1778
1778–1802
1802–1838
1838–1844
Motiejus Valančius 1849–1875
1875–1883
1883–1908
1910–1913
1914–1926

References[]

  • 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

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