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ARCHDIOCESE OF KAUNAS (Archidioecesis Kaunensis)

Country : Lithuania
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1417 as Diocese of Samogetia / Žemaitija
Elevated 1926 to Archdiocese of Kaunas.

Arms (crest) of Archdiocese of Kaunas

Official blazon

Argent a sword in bend debruised by a key in bend sinister vert

Origin/meaning

Arms of Bishops of Žemaitija

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Viktorinas Virbickis (1565-1567)
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Jurgis Petkūnas Petkevičius (1567-1574)
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Merkelis Giedraitis (1576-1609)
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Mikalojus Pacas (1610-1618)
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Stanislovas Kiška (1618-1626)
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Abraomas Voina (1627-1631)
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Merkelis Elijaševičius Geišas (1631-1633)
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Jurgis Tiškevičius (1633-1649)
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Petras Parčevskis (1649-1659)
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Aleksandras Sapiega (1660-1667)
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Kazimieras Pacas (1667-1695)
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Jonas Jeronimas Krišpinas (1695-1708)
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Jonas Mikalojus Zgierskis (1710-1713)
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Povilas Pranciškus Sapiega (1715-1715)
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Aleksandras Gorainis (1716-1735)
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Juozapas Mykolas Karpis (1736-1739)
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Antanas Tiškevičius (1740-1762)
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Jonas Dominykas Lopacinskis (1762-1778)
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Steponas Jonas Giedraitis (1778-1802)
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Juozapas Arnulfas Giedraitis (1802-1838)
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Maciej Kazimierz Wołonczewski (1849-1875)
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Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon (1883-1908)
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Gaspare Feliciano Cyrtowt (1910-1913)
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Pranciškus Karevičius (1914-1926)

Arms of Archbishops

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Juozapas Skvireckas (1926-1959)
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Vincentas Sladkevičius (1989-1996)
Sigitas Tamkevičius (1996-2015)
Lionginas Virbalas (2015-2019)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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Vladas Michelevičius (1986-1999)
Jonas Ivanauskas (2003-2012)
Kęstutis Kėvalas (2012-2017)
Algirdas Jurevičius (2018-present)

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