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16-502: The Diocese of Samogitia was established when Samogitia officially converted to Catholicism in 1417. The seat of the diocese was in Varniai sometimes also known as Medininkai. The Varniai Priest Seminary was established only in 1623 by Bishop Stanisław Kiszka . Until 1743, the seminary shared premises with the Kražiai College . In 1770, a new brick building in the late Baroque style

32-543: A Papal Visit from Pope John Paul II in September 1993. On May 28, 1997, parts of the archdiocese have been ceded to the newly founded suffragan Diocese of Šiauliai . Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archbishopric and the following suffragan sees : 54°54′N 23°53′E  /  54.900°N 23.883°E  / 54.900; 23.883 Bir%C5%BEuv%C4%97nai From Misplaced Pages,

48-619: A fire in December 2004; the photo albums were acquired by the museum. The museum organizes excursions, art and history exhibitions, lectures, and other events. Diocese of Samogitia The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas ( Latin : Archidioecesis Metropolitae Kaunensis ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Lithuania . The episcopal see

64-616: A see in Medininkai . It was the second Catholic diocese in ethnic Lithuanian parts of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . On March 25, 1798, it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Wigry . On July 3, 1848, it gained territory from the persisting then Diocese of Vilnius , now Lithuania's other Metropolitan see. On June 9, 1920, it lost territory to the existing Diocese of Riga (in Latvia ), while in

80-508: A wooden building next to the seminary and planted an avenue of poplar trees and established a garden with about twenty different species of fruit trees. After the failed anti-Tsarist Uprising of 1863 , Tsarist authorities relocated the seminary to Kaunas . The former seminary building in Varniai was used as military barracks. In 1927–1931, the building housed the Varniai concentration camp . The new regime of President Antanas Smetona used

96-585: Is in Kaunas , the second-largest city in Lithuania. The archdiocese's motherchurch and cathedral is Kaunas Cathedral Basilica ; it is also home to a Minor Basilica in a town of Šiluva , in the region of Samogitia . Predecessor of the diocese was established according to directions from the Council of Constance on October 24, 1417, as the Diocese of Samogitia ( Polish : Żmudź ; Lithuanian : Žemaitija ), with

112-696: The Postil of Mikalojus Daukša , a monument to Bishop Merkelis Giedraitis and Mikalojus Daukša was unveiled next to the museum. The museum collect various objects related to history, art, and religion in Samogitia . Its collections include archaeological artifacts found during excavations in Varniai, physharmonica and church organ (built in 1909), various liturgical and religious objects (sculptures, crosses, banners, icons, paintings, vestments ), 5,557 religious postcards and medals donated by Algimantas Urbonas, various records and documents from local parishes, etc. In 2005,

128-569: The Temporary capital of Lithuania but also was promoted by Pope Pius XI on April 4, 1926, into the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas , initially with as suffragan sees Vilkaviškis and Telšiai in the new Lithuanian ecclesiastical province . The then diocese of Vilnius was also elevated into a Metropolitan Archbishopric with its ecclesiastical province in Polish territory. It enjoyed

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160-432: The camp to house political prisoners, mainly members of the outlawed Communist Party of Lithuania . The building housed a secondary school in 1947–1961, and student dormitory and storage of a technical school in 1964–1984. Historical, archaeological, architectural studies of the building were carried out in 1984–1990. The bell tower (burned down in 1785) and the original Baroque roof were reconstructed in 1991–1995 based on

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192-477: The museum acquired 290 items that were hidden in 1944 at the Biržuvėnai  [ lt ] Manor. The manor owners retreated from the approaching Red Army to France and their descendant returned to the manor to find the hoard. The items include sets of Meissen and Rosenthal porcelain dishes and two early 19th-century pistols. Another cache of documents and four family photo albums was found at Biržuvėnai after

208-591: The next year it gained territory from the persisting Diocese of Sejny (in Poland ). The Apostolic constitution , issued by Pius XI , intended to structure the diocesan territories in accordance with the actual boundaries of Lithuanian Republic after the Declaration of Independence in 1918. Due to fact, that claimed Lithuanian capital city Vilnius and the eastern parts of the country were seized by Polish troops in 1920 and annexed by Poland in 1922, Kaunas became not only

224-613: The original building depicted in a portrait of Jan Dominik Łopaciński. In 1999, the government of Lithuania and the Diocese of Telšiai established the Samogitian Diocese Museum. Over the years, the building suffered heavy damage and neglect, and requires extensive repairs. On 1 July 2015, the Samogitian Diocese Museum became a branch of the Samogitian Museum Alka  [ lt ] based in Telšiai . The garden that

240-429: Was built by Bishop Jan Dominik Łopaciński  [ pl ] . Motiejus Valančius , future bishop, began his studies at the seminary in 1822. From 1845 to 1850, he was the seminary's rector. When he became the bishop, Valančius organized a teetotalism movement, spent considerable effort on educating children and adults, and organised the smuggling and distribution of the banned Lithuanian books . Valančius lived in

256-465: Was planted by Valančius is now known as Valančius garden and has a monument with his bust (sculptor Antanas Aleksandravičius  [ lt ] , erected in 1927). The bust was removed by the authorities of the Lithuanian SSR in 1951. A local man hid the bust and it was reinstalled in its original location in 1990. In 1999, the year the museum opened and the 400th anniversary of the publication of

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