Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Samogitia from 1883 until his death in 1908.
Sketch of Paliulionis, drawn c. 1901
The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, added to Kaunas Cathedral during Paliulionis' tenure as bishop of Samogitia.
Photo of Paliulionis, taken sometime in the 1890s–1900s
Society of Saint Casimir
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The Society of Saint Casimir was a Lithuanian society that published Lithuanian-language books and periodicals, many on Roman Catholic church and faith. Established in 1905, right after the Lithuanian
Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis
…Catholic press. He opposed the Lithuanian press ban and supported Lithuanian book smugglers. When the press ban was lifted, he supported the Society of Saint Casimir that published Lithuanian books and periodicals and the Saulė Society that organized and maintained Lithuanian-language schools. Paliulionis was born…
Former building of the printing press Šviesa