page_title: Telšiai
section_title: Centre of Roman Catholic Diocese
hierarchical_section_title: Telšiai / Centre of Roman Catholic Diocese
caption_attribution_description: English: is paukscio skrydzio
context_page_description: Telšiai, known also by several alternative names including Telsiai, Telshi and Telschi in English sources, is a city in Lithuania with about 21,500 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on the shores of Lake Mastis.
  Telšiai is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania, probably dating earlier than the 14th century. Between the 15th and 20th centuries, Telšiai became a district capital and between 1795 and 1802 it was included in the Vilnius Governorate. In 1873, Telšiai was transferred to the Kovno Governorate.
context_section_description: A Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai was established in 1926 with its centre in Telšiai. Justinas Staugaitis, one of the twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania, became the first bishop of the diocese.
  In 1927, a Priest Seminary was established. It was closed in 1946 after the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union but re-established at the end of the Cold War.
  Present day architectural monuments include Telšiai Cathedral and the Church of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, Telšiai.
caption: Curia of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai
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