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'''ARCHDIOCESE OF KAUNAS''' (Archidioecesis Kaunensis)
'''ARCHDIOCESE OF KAUNAS''' (Archidioecesis Kaunensis)


Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of Lithuania|Lithuania]]<br>
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]]
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]]


Established : 1417 as Diocese of Samogetia, elevated 1926 to Archdiocese of Kaunas.
Established : 1417 as Diocese of Samogetia / Žemaitija<br>
Elevated 1926 to Archdiocese of Kaunas.


[[File:kaunasrc.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:?.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
(Argent a sword in bend debruised by a key in bend sinister vert)
Argent a sword in bend debruised by a key in bend sinister vert


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
====Arms of Bishops of Žemaitija====
<gallery perrow=0>
No image|[[Viktorinas Virbickis]] (1565-1567)
No image|[[Jurgis Petkūnas Petkevičius]] (1567-1574)
No image|[[Merkelis Giedraitis]] (1576-1609)
No image|[[Mikalojus Pacas]] (1610-1618)
No image|[[Stanislovas Kiška]] (1618-1626)
No image|[[Abraomas Voina]] (1627-1631)
No image|[[Merkelis Elijaševičius Geišas]] (1631-1633)
No image|[[Jurgis Tiškevičius]] (1633-1649)
No image|[[Petras Parčevskis]] (1649-1659)
No image|[[Aleksandras Sapiega]] (1660-1667)
No image|[[Kazimieras Pacas]] (1667-1695)
No image|[[Jonas Jeronimas Krišpinas]] (1695-1708)
No image|[[Jonas Mikalojus Zgierskis]] (1710-1713)
No image|[[Povilas Pranciškus Sapiega]] (1715-1715)
No image|[[Aleksandras Gorainis]] (1716-1735)
No image|[[Juozapas Mykolas Karpis]] (1736-1739)
No image|[[Antanas Tiškevičius]] (1740-1762)
No image|[[Jonas Dominykas Lopacinskis]] (1762-1778)
No image|[[Steponas Jonas Giedraitis]] (1778-1802)
No image|[[Juozapas Arnulfas Giedraitis]] (1802-1838)
File:Kaunas-valancius.jpg|[[Motiejus Kazimieras Valančius]] (1849-1875)
No image|[[Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon]] (1883-1908)
No image|[[Gaspare Feliciano Cyrtowt]] (1910-1913)
No image|[[Pranciškus Karevičius]] (1914-1926)
</gallery>


====Arms of Archbishops====
====Arms of Archbishops====
<gallery perrow=0>
<gallery perrow=0>
File:kaunas-tamkevicius.rel.png|Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J. (1996-2015)
No image|[[Juozapas Skvireckas]] (1926-1959)
File:kaunas-virbalas.rel.png|Lionginas Virbalas, S.J. (2015-)
No image|[[Vincentas Sladkevičius]] (1989-1996)
File:kaunas-tamkevicius.png|[[Sigitas Tamkevičius]] (1996-2015)
File:kaunas-virbalas.png|[[Lionginas Virbalas]] (2015-2019)
</gallery>
</gallery>


====Arms of Auxiliary Bishops====
====Arms of Auxiliary Bishops====
<gallery perrow=0>
<gallery perrow=0>
File:kaunas-jurevicius.rel.png|Algirdas Jurevičius (2018-), Titular Bishop of Materiana
File:kaunas-baranauskas.jpg|[[Antanas Baranauskas]] (1884-1897)
No image|[[Vladas Michelevičius]] (1986-1999)
File:kaisiadorys-ivanauskas.png|[[Jonas Ivanauskas]] (2003-2012)
File:Telsiai-kevalas.jpg|[[Kęstutis Kėvalas]] (2012-2017)
File:kaunas-jurevicius.png|[[Algirdas Jurevičius]] (2018-present)
</gallery>
</gallery>


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[[Literature]]: McCarthy: Armoria Sedium, Archbishops' Arms by SajoR on Wikimedia commons
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|Literature]]:  


[[Category:Lithuania]]
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of Lithuania]]
[[Category:Lithuanian ecclesiastical heraldry]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic archdioceses]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic archdioceses]]

Latest revision as of 06:52, 24 March 2024

ARCHDIOCESE OF KAUNAS (Archidioecesis Kaunensis)

Country : Lithuania
Denomination : Roman Catholic

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

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

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