Bishop of Samogitia
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Coat of arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Samogitia
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.
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
External links
- (in Lithuanian) Lietuvos dailės muziejaus Žemaičių vyskupai
- (in Lithuanian) Varniai muziejaus Žemaičių vyskupai
- (in Lithuanian) Varnių katedra