In Vilnius, the Stalin Prisoner Bishop Matulenis is Beatified
The Lithuanian Bishop Theophilus Matulenis, a prisoner of the Stalinist camps, is ranked to the blessed Roman Catholic Church. According to DELFI, the process of Beatification, begun back in 1990, ended on Sunday in Vilnius with a ceremony with the participation of thousands of pilgrims from all over the country. Archbishop of Kaishadoris Theophilus Matulenis was born in 1873, studied at the St. Petersburg Roman Catholic Seminary and the Academy, was ordained in 1900.