Bishop of Samogitia

The following is a list of the bishops of Samogitia, who administered the Diocese of Samogitia (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 promoted in 1926 as Archdiocese by Pope Pius XI with the new name of archdiocese of Kaunas. The first Samogitian Cathedral is now in the territory of Diocese of Telšiai.

Bishops of SamogitiaMatthias of Trakai1417–1422Mikołaj1422–1434Piotr1434–1435Jakub of Vilnius1436–1439Bartłomiej1439–1453Jerzy of Vilnius1453–1464Motiejus Topolietis1464–1470Baltramiejus Svirenkavičius1471–1482Martynas Žemaitis1483–1492Martynas Lintfaras1492–1515Mikołaj III Radziwiłł1515–1530Mikalojus Viežgaila1531–1533Vaclovas Virbickis1534–1555Jan Domanowski1556–1563Stanisław Narkuski1564–1564Wiktoryn Wierzbicki1565–1567Jurgis Petkūnas1567–1574Merkelis Giedraitis1576–1609Mikołaj Pac1610–1618Stanisław Kiszka1618–1626Abraham Woyna1626–1631Merkelis Geišas1631–1633Jerzy Tyszkiewicz1633–1649Piotr Parczewski1649–1659Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha1660–1667Kazimierz Pac1667–1695Jan Hieronim Kryszpin-Kirszensztein1695–1708Jan Mikołaj Zgierski1710–1713Paweł Franciszek Sapieha1715Aleksander Gorajski1716–1735Józef Michał Karp1736–1739Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz1740–1762Jan Dominik Łopaciński1762–1778Jan Stefan Giedroyć1778–1802Juozapas Arnulfas Giedraitis1802–1838Szymon Mikołaj Giedroyć1838–1844Motiejus Valančius1849–1875Aleksandras Beresnevičius1875–1883Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis1883–1908Gasparas Feliksas Cirtautas1910–1913Pranciškus Karevičius (Franciszek Karewicz)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) ; ISSN 0554-8217

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