Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai is an diocese
located in the city of Telšiai
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Kaunas
in Lithuania. It was established on April 4, 1926 from the Diocese of Samogitia.
on 4 April 1926, has been merged into the Telšiai diocese.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Telšiai
Telšiai
Telšiai , is a city in Lithuania with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on Lake Mastis.-Names:...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Kaunas
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania. It is based in Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It was established as the Diocese of Samogitia in 1417 with a seat in Medininkai according to...
in Lithuania. It was established on April 4, 1926 from the Diocese of Samogitia.
United titles
On 24 December 1991 the Territorial Prelature of Klaipėda (Memel), which had been seceded from the Diocese of ErmlandRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in present Poland.The Archdiocese contains a population of around 700,000...
on 4 April 1926, has been merged into the Telšiai diocese.
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Telšiai (Roman rite)- Bishop Jonas Boruta, S.J. (since 2002.01.05)
- Bishop Antanas Vaičius (1989.03.10 – 2001.05.26)
- Bishop Antanas Vaičius (Apostolic Administrator 1982.07.05 – 1989.03.10)
- Bishop Juozapas Pletkus (Apostolic Administrator 1967.11.08 – 1975.09.29)
- Bishop Petras Maželis (1964.02.14 – 1966.05.21)
- Bishop Petras Maželis (Apostolic Administrator 1959.11.10 – 1964.02.14)
- Bishop Vincentas Borisevičius (1944.01.21 – 1963.12.10)
- Bishop Justinas StaugaitisJustinas StaugaitisJustinas Staugaitis was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishop, politician, educator, and author. He one of the twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania....
(1926.04.05 – 1943.07.08)