Diocese of Sejny

In 1799, a new Diocese of Wigry was established from territories of the Diocese of Lutsk, Diocese of Vilnius, and Diocese of Samogitia that had been annexed by Kingdom of Prussia as a result of the Third Partition of Poland. After Congress of Vienna most of the Diocese of Wigry territory was incorporated to, subjugated to Russia, Kingdom of Poland. By a papal bull of 30 April 1818, Pope Pius VII suppressed the Diocese of Wigry, creating a new diocese in its place. The diocese was incorporated into the newly-established Metropolis of Warsaw. Originally, the bishop’s seat was in Augustów. However, already in 1823 the second bishop, Ignacy Stanisław Czyżewski, moved to Sejny, making the former Dominican the cathedral. In the following years, bishops resided in one or the other town, or in Warsaw. For this reason, the diocese was known under the double name “Sejny, or rather Augustów,” although the shorter form “Diocese of Sejny” was in common use. Sejny ultimately became the episcopal see on 4 February 1837, when Bishop Paweł Straszyński solemnly entered the restored cathedral, he was also the first bishop to be buried there. In 1826, a seminary had been established in the post-monastic buildings. == Bishops ==

Diocesan bishops • Jan Klemens Gołaszewski (30 June 1818 – 8 March 1820) – until 1818 bishop of Wigry • Ignacy Stanisław Czyżewski (29 May 1820 – 11 December 1823) – coadjutor in 1819–1820 • Mikołaj Jan Manugiewicz (19 December 1825 – 25 June 1834) • Paweł Straszyński (21 November 1836 – 21 July 1847) • Konstanty Ireneusz Łubieński (21 May 1862 – 16 June 1869) • Piotr Paweł Wierzbowski (25 August 1872 – 1 July 1893) • Antanas Baranauskas (2 August 1897 – 26 November 1902) • Józef Antonowicz (administrator 1902–1910) • Antanas Karosas (7 April 1910 – 28 October 1925) – from 1926 bishop of Vilkaviškis Auxiliary bishops • Polikarp Augustyn Marciejewski (1819–1827) • Stanisław Choromański (1829–1836) • Józef Hollak (1883–1890) • Romuald Jałbrzykowski (1918–1925) == References ==