Antanas Karosas

Antanas Karosas (; 27 February 1856 – 6 July 1947) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sejny from 1910 to 1926 and of the Diocese of Vilkaviškis from its establishment in 1926 until his death in 1947.

Biography Early life and career Karosas was born in 1856 in Vėjeliškiai to Jonas Karonas and Marijona Miškeliūnaitė-Karosienė. After attending a gymnasium in Šiauliai, he attended the seminary in Kaunas from 1876 to 1879. He later attended the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy from 1879 until 1883, from which he received a magister degree in theology. He was ordained a priest on 6 June 1883. In fall 1883, he was invited to teach canon law and the Latin language at the seminary in Kaunas. Beginning in 1884, he began to teach homiletics and the Lithuanian language at the same seminary. He also served as secretary to Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis beginning in 1885, where he managed relations with Russian officials.

On 9 April 1898, Karosas was appointed a canon capitular of the Diocese of Samogitia. He was appointed rector of the seminary at Kaunas on 27 October 1900; he stayed at a rectory at Puńsk for some time and in 1920 moved to Marijampolė, where he resided at a Marian monastery. In 1933, he was appointed Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Roman count, after the 50th anniversary of his ordination. During World War II, he lived in Vilkaviškis during the Soviet and German occupations of Lithuania, moving to Šunskai in 1944 and back to Marijampolė in 1946. He died on 7 July 1947 in Marijampolė and was buried at the cathedral located there.