death_date death_place birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in birth_date titles image article_title name beatified_date beatified_by
27 january 1927 kaunas , lithuania lūginė , lithuania 27 january 230px roman catholic church 13 april 1871 bishop of vilnius jurgismatulaitis.jpg jurgis matulaitis-matulevičius
 blessed jurgis matulaitis matulevičius 28 june 1987 john paul ii
jurgis matulaitis-matulevičius

jurgis matulaitis -lrb- ; 13 april 1871 in the village of lūginė , near marijampolė , lithuania , russian empire -- 27 january 1927 in kaunas , lithuania -rrb- was a roman catholic bishop of vilnius from 1918 to 1925 and founder of the sisters of the immaculate conception of the blessed virgin mary .
on 28 june 1987 , pope john paul ii beatified him as the blessed jurgis matulaitis-matulewicz .
