Priests from the Diocese of Panevėžys who were either murdered or who suffered in jails and Siberia
Murdered in 1941
1. Rev. Benediktas Šveikauskas murdered in the rayon office
in the city of Rokiškis.
2. Rev. Stasys Baltrymas murdered in Zarasai.
3. Rev. Vladas Didžiokas seized in the cathedral of Panevėžys
and murdered.
Tortured and murdered in jails or Siberian camps:
1. Rev. Petras Liepa arrested in 1949, died 1955.
2. Rev. Antanas Reuba arrested in 1947, died 1951.
3. Rev. Kazys Čiplys arrested 1949.
4. Rev. Balys Beinoravičius arrested 1950.
5. Rev. Petras Margevičius arrested 1949.
6. Rev. Antanas Žakevičius arrested 1950, died 1955.
Priests who returned to Lithuania from Russian jails or Siberian camps broken in health and died:
1. Rev. Kostas Šimašis arrested in 1950, returned in 1955, died in 1955.
2. Rev. Kazys Mikelinskas arrested in 1947, returned in 1956, died in 1957.
3. Rev. Jurgis Šimonėlis arrested in 1950, returned in 1956, died in 1957.
4. Rev. Juozas Lomanas arrested in 1952, returned in 1956, died in 1959.
5. Msgr. Mykolas Karosas arrested in 1951, returned in 1954, died in 1955.
6. Canon Vladas Butvila arrested in 1950, returned in 1955, died in 1961.
7. Rev. Mykolas Juodelis arrested in 1950, returned in 1956, died in 1968.
8. Rev. Jonas Matulis arrested 1947, returned 1952, died in 1967.
9. Rev. Jonas Bubas arrested in 1951, returned in 1955, died in 1969.
10. Rev. Juozapas Matelionis arrested in 1950, returned in 1954, died in 1964.
11. Canon Petras Rauda arrested in 1947, returned in 1956, arrested in 1957 returned in 1962, died in 1974.
12. Msgr. Povilas Šidlauskas arrested in 1949, returned in 1956, died in 1973.
13. Canon Jurgis Danys arrested in 1949, returned in 1956, died in 1977.
14. Rev. Gasparas Spudas arrested in 1950, returned in 1956, died in 1960.
15. Rev. Juozas Laurenčikas arrested in 1949, returned in 1954, died in 1965.
16. Rev. dr. Juozas Čepėnas arrested in 1951, returned in 1954, died in 1976.
17. Rev. Liudas Rekašius arrested in 1947, returned in 1954, died in 1966.
18. Rev. Stasys Masilionis arrested in 1945, returned in 1955, died in 1962.
19. Rev. Mykolas Silickas arrested in 1949, returned in 1955, died in 1970.
Priests who returned from Russian jails and Siberian camps and who in 1977 were still living:
1. Rev. Juozas Bardonas arrested in 1947, returned in 1954.
2. Rev. Jonas Jatulis arrested in 1949, returned in 1956.
3. Rev. Jonas Juodelis arrested in 1950, returned in 1956.
4. Rev. Jonas Jurgaitis arrested in 1949, returned in 1956.
5. Rev. Antanas Juška arrested in 1949, returned in 1956.
6. Rev. Alfonsas Kadžius arrested in 1949, returned in 1957.
7. Rev. Stasys Krikštonaitis arrested in 1951, returned in 1956.
8. Rev. Petras Kuzmickas arrested in 1947, returned in 1953.
9. Rev. Anicetas Meškauskas arrested in 1949, returned in 1955.
10. Rev. Antanas Mitrikas arrested in 1949, returned in 1972.
11. Rev. Jonas Nagulevičius arrested in 1947, returned in 1952.
12. Rev. Steponas Pelešynas arrested in 1950, returned in 1957.
13. Msgr. Lepoldas Pratkelis arrested in 1950, returned in 1956.
14. Rev. Henrikas Prijelgauskas arrested in 1949, returned in 1957.
15. Rev. Izidorius Puriuškis arrested in 1949, returned in 1956.
16. Rev. Petras Senulis arrested in 1947, returned in 1955.
17. Rev. Mykolas Stonys arrested in 1947, returned in 1956.
18. Rev. Matas Šermukšnis arrested in 1949, returned in 1956.
19. Rev. Ignas Šiaučiūnas arrested in 1949, returned in 1956.
20. Rev. Jonas Buliauskas arrested in 1947, returned in 1956.
21. Rev. Leonginas Tamašauskas arrested in 1949, returned in 1956.
22. Rev. Eduardas Vaišnoras arrested in 1950, returned in 1956.
23. Rev. Titas Vikšnelis arrested in 1949, returned in 1956.
Priests, whose rights were taken away to do pastoral work:
1. Rev. Juozas Antanavičius 1964-1965.
2. Rev. Jonas Buliauskas 1960-1962, and in 1957 was fined 2000 roubles for teaching religion to children.
3. Rev. Mykolas Gylys 1962-1963.
4. Msgn. Kazimieras Dulksnys exiled from the Dioceses of: Merkinė and Nedingė 1959-1963.
5. Rev. Alfonsas Gražys 1962-1963.
6. Rev. Vytautas Masys 1958-1959.
7. Rev. Petras Nykštus 1965-1967.
8. Rev. Alfonsas Strelčiūnas 1962-1963.
9. Rev. Povilas Svirskis 1967-1968.
10. Rev. Juozas Šumskis 1964-1965.
11. Msgn. Povilas Šidlauskas exiled from the Diocese and died in exile, 1961-1973.
12. Rev. Sigitas Uždavinys 1965-1966.
Parishes without priests in the Diocese of Panevėžys:
1. Baltriškės, 2. Dambava, 3. Dapčionys, 4. Eriškės, 5. Imbradai, 6. Palėvenėlė, 7. Panemunė, 8. Smilgiai, 9. Uliūnai, 10. Velykiai.
The Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania requests the priests of other dioceses to make similar lists.