Bishop of Vilnius
Bishops of Vilnius (Vilna, Wilna, Wilno) diocese from 1388 and archdiocese (archdiocese of Vilnius) from 1925:[1][2]
Bishops suffragans – diocese period | ||
|---|---|---|
Andrzej Jastrzębiec OFM | 1388 – 14 November 1398 | |
Jakub Plichta OFM | 5 May 1399 – 7 February 1407 | |
Mikołaj Gorzkowski | January 1408 – 1414 | |
Piotr Krakowczyk | 15 February 1415 – 22 December 1422 | |
Matthias of Trakai | 4 May 1422 – 9 May 1453 | |
Mikołaj z Sołecznik | 17 October 1453 – 29 September 1467 | |
Jan I | 4 May 1468 – 1481 | |
Andrzej II | 27 August 1481 – 1491 | |
Wojciech Tabor | 1 April 1492 – 27 March 1507 | |
Albert Radziwiłł | 10 September 1507 – 19 April 1519 | |
John of the Lithuanian Dukes | 23 September 1519 – 15 March 1536 | |
Paweł (prince) Holszański | 15 March 1536 – 4 September 1555 | |
Walerian Protasewicz | 10 April 1556 – 31 December 1579 | |
Jerzy Radziwiłł | 31 December 1579 – 9 August 1591 | |
Benedykt Woyna | 31 July 1600 – 22 October 1615 | |
Eustachy Wołłowicz | 18 May 1616 – 19 January 1630 | |
Abraham Woyna | 24 March 1631 – 14 April 1649 | |
Jerzy Tyszkiewicz | 9 December 1649 – 17 January 1656 | |
Jan Karol Dowgiałło Zawisza | 16 October 1656 – 9 March 1661 | |
Jerzy Białłozor | 21 November 1661 – 17 May 1665 | |
Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha | 18 July 1667 – 22 May 1671 | |
Mikołaj Stefan Pac | 22 May 1672 – 8 May 1684 | |
Aleksander Kotowicz | 9 April 1685 – 30 November 1686 | |
Konstanty Kazimierz Brzostowski | 24 November 1687 – 24 October 1722 | |
Maciej Ancuta | 24 October 1722 – 18 January 1723 | |
Karol Piotr Pancerzyński | 11 September 1724 – 19 February 1729 | |
Michał Jan Zienkowicz | 2 October 1730 – 23 January 1762 | |
Ignacy Jakub Massalski | 29 March 1762 – 28 June 1794 | |
Jan Nepomucen Kossakowski | 9 August 1798 – 26 August 1808 | |
Hieronim Stroynowski | 26 September 1814 – 5 August 1815 | |
Andrzej Benedykt Klangiewicz | 14 December 1840 – 27 December 1841 | |
Wacław Żyliński | 3 July 1848 – 27 October 1856 | |
| Adam Stanisław Krasiński | 27 September 1858 – 15 March 1883 | |
Karol Hryniewiecki | 15 March 1883 – 30 December 1889 | |
Antoni Franciszek Audziewicz | 30 December 1889 – 10 June 1895 | |
Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz | 21 July 1897 – 2 September 1902 | |
Edward von Ropp | 9 November 1903 – 25 July 1917 | |
Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (Jerzy Matulewicz) | 23 October 1918 – 14 July 1925 | |
Metropolitan Archbishops – Archdiocese period | ||
Jan Cieplak | 14 December 1925 – 17 February 1926 | nominated, died before taking the office |
Romuald Jałbrzykowski | 24 June 1926 – 19 June 1955 | imprisoned by Germans 1942 – 1944, from 1945 seated in Białystok |
Julijonas Steponavičius | 7 February 1989 – 18 June 1991 | |
Audrys Juozas Bačkis | 24 December 1991 – 5 April 2013 | cardinal |
Gintaras Grušas | 23 April 2013 – present | |
Auxiliary bishops
Cyprian Wiliński (Wiliski), O.P. (3 Mar 1572 – 1594)
Nicolas Pac (Mikalojus Pacas)(Mikołaj Pac) (9 Sep 1602 – 29 Mar 1610)
Abraham Wojna (Abraomas Voina) (25 May 1611 – 20 Jul 1626 Appointed, Bishop of Žemaičiai)
Jerzy Tyszkiewicz (Jurgis Tiškevičius) (17 May 1627 – 19 Dec 1633 Appointed, Bishop of Žemaičiai)
Stanislaw Nieborski (12 Jun 1634 – 27 May 1644)
Hieronim Wladysław Sanguszko, S.J. (12 Dec 1644 – 31 May 1655)
Theodorus Skuminowicz (Skumin) (12 Aug 1652 – 24 Sep 1668)[3][4]
Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha (2 Aug 1655 – 12 Jan 1660 Appointed, Bishop of Žemaičiai)
Gothard Jan Tyzenhaus (Gotthard Johann von Tiesenhausen) (5 Apr 1661 – 17 Sep 1668)
Mikolaj Słupski (3 Jun 1669 – 1691)
Vladislaus Silnicki (15 Feb 1683 – 8 Feb 1692)
Jonas Jeronimas Krišpinas (30 Aug 1694 – 19 Sep 1695)
Jan Mikolaj Zgierski (2 Jan 1696 – 25 Jan 1706)- Wojciech Izdebski (18 Jun 1696 – 3 Nov 1702)
- Aleksander Mikolaj Horain (15 Sep 1704 – 23 Dec 1711)
- Maciej Józef Ancuta (1 Oct 1710 – 14 Jun 1717 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius)
- Karol Piotr Pancerzyński (5 Oct 1712 – 31 May 1721 Appointed, Bishop of Smoleńsk on 11 Sep 1724)
- Bogusław Korwin Gosiewski (20 Apr 1722 – 29 Jan 1725)
- Georgius Casimirus Ancuta (27 Sep 1723 – 26 Sep 1737)
- Antoni Józef Żółkowski (7 Dec 1744 – 19 Jan 1763)
- Tomasz Ignacy Zienkowicz (21 Jul 1755 – 19 Nov 1781)
- Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski (13 Mar 1775 – 17 Sep 1781 Appointed, Bishop of Inflanty)
- Jan Stefan Giedroyć (22 Aug 1763 – 22 Apr 1765)
- Tadeusz Benedykt Feliks Towiański, O.F.M. Conv. (1 Dec 1766 - )
- Stanislaw Jan Siestrzencewicz Bohusz (12 Jul 1773 – 11 Dec 1783)
- Franciszek Alojzy Junosza Gzowski (23 Sep 1782 – 1786)
- Piotr Aleksander Samson Toczyłowski (23 Sep 1782 – 14 Dec 1793)
- David Pilchowski (1 Jun 1795 – 22 Dec 1803)
- Georges Połubiński (27 Jun 1796 – 1801)
- Ignacy Houwalt (20 Aug 1804 – 5 May 1807)
- Andrzej Chołoniewski (20 Aug 1804 – 1819)
- Nikodem Puzyna (26 Sep 1814 – 22 Oct 1819)
- Tadeusz Kundzicz (10 Jul 1815 – 15 Jan 1829)
- Andrzej Benedykt Kłągiewicz (15 Mar 1830, Appointed Bishop of Vilnius)
- Jan Cywiński (17 Dec 1840 – 17 Nov 1846)
- Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski (17 Dec 1840 – 3 Jul 1848)
- Kazimierz Mikolaj Michalkiewicz (12 Jan 1923 – 16 Feb 1940)
- Mečislovas Reinys (18 Jul 1940 – 8 Nov 1953)
- Władysław Suszyński (19 Jan 1948 Appointed, Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius on 3 Jul 1968)
- Juozas Tunaitis (8 May 1991 – 4 Mar 2010)
- Jonas Boruta, S.J. (28 May 1997 – 5 Jan 2002)
- Edward Ozorowski (31 Jan 1979 – 5 Jun 1991)
- Arūnas Poniškaitis (5 Feb 2010)
References
^ "Archdiocese of Vilnius" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 11, 2016
^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 11, 2016
^ "Bishop Theodorus Skuminowicz (Skumin)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 11, 2016
^ "Bishop Theodorus Skuminowicz" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 11, 2016
