Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Kaisiadorys, Diocese of

KAISEDORYS, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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KAISIADORYS, Diocese of. - Diocese in Lithuania. Within 9,743 sq km, it has 228,026 inhabitants, of whom 220,426 are Catholics, distributed in 66 parishes (1951).

The diocese was created by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Lituanorum gente of 4 April 1926, raising the new church of the Transfiguration to the status of cathedral.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 18 (1926), pp. 121-23.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 632.

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Josi, Enrico. “Kaisedorys, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 632. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/kaisedorys-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Kaisedorys, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 632. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/kaisedorys-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec7_kaisedorys_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Kaisedorys, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {632},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/kaisedorys-diocesi-di}
}

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