Diocese of

Kaišiadorys

Lithuania

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kaišiadorys / Kaišiadoren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Vilnius

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1926.04.04: Established as Diocese of Kaišiadorys / Kaišiadoren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius and became suffragan of Vilnius)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.02.11 – ...):

Bishop Jonas Ivanauskas (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kaišiadorys (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jonas Ivanauskas (64)
(2012.02.11 – ...)

Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Dominus benignus

Born:	1960.02.18 (Alytus, Lithuania)
Ordained Priest:	1985.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.11.23

Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1985.04.14 – 2003.10.18)

Titular Bishop of Canapium (2003.10.18 – 2012.02.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (Lithuania) (2003.10.18 – 2012.02.11)

Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania) (2012.02.11 – ...)

Bishop Juozas Matulaitis-Labukas (86)
(1991.12.24 – 2012.02.11)

Bishop emeritus of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

Renascatur patria in Christo

Born:	1938.03.08 (Užgireliai, Lithuania)
Ordained Priest:	1964.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.03.18

Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1964.03.25 – 1989.03.10)

Titular Bishop of Sicilibba (1989.03.10 – 1991.12.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania) (1989.03.10 – 1991.12.24)

Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania) (1991.12.24 – 2012.02.11)

Bishop Juozas Matulaitis-Labukas (86)
(Apostolic Administrator 1989.03.10 – 1991.12.24)

Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C.
(Apostolic Administrator 1982.07.15 – 1989.03.10)

Blessed Archbishop Teofilo Matulionis
(1943.01.09 – 1962.08.20)

Born:	1873.07.04 (Alantos, Molėtai, Lithuania)
Ordained Priest:	1900.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.02.09 (clandestinely)
Died:	1962.08.20 🩸 (Seduva, Lithuania † 89)
Beatified:	2017.06.25 (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Titular Bishop of Matrega (1928.12.08 – 1943.01.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev (Belarus) (1928.12.08 – 1943.01.09)

Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania) (1943.01.09 – 1962.08.20)

Archbishop ad personam (1962.02.09 – 1962.08.20)

Archbishop. Martyr.

Bishop Juozapas Kukta
(1926.04.05 – 1942.06.16)

Born:	1873.02.03
Ordained Priest:	1898.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.05.01
Died:	1942.06.16 († 69)

Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania) (1926.04.05 – 1942.06.16)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. (later Cardinal) (1957.11.14 – 1982.07.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Kristaus Atsimainymo katedra, Kaišiadorys, Kaunas
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (69)

Vilkaviškis (←), Kaunas (↖), Panevėžys (↑), Vilnius (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,557 km²

Population: 84,000 Catholics (87.5% of 96,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes

Personnel: 45 priests (diocesan), 25 religious (25 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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