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The Cathedral of St. Mark Antony of Padua ( Lithuanian : Telšių Šv .Antano Paduviečio
katedra ) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Telšiai , Lithuania , seat of the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Telšiai .== History == The history of the church dates back to 1624 when Deputy
Chancellor of Lithuania Paweł Stefan Sapieha established a Franciscan monastery and built
a wooden church on the Insula Hill in the centre of Telšiai .A new spacious brick church
building was constructed between 1762 and 1794 .It was consecrated in 1794 by the
suffragan bishop of Samogitia , Fr Tadeusz Jó zef Bukaty ( Lithuanian : Tadas Juozapas
Bukota ) .In 1802 renowned Wilno architect January Boretti obliged to construct two
tugboat and a narthex .However , ascribable to unknown ground he built only the narthex
and failed to complete the work of towers.Franciscan monastery was dissolved in 1853 by
the Russian tsar and the church service became parish church .Romualdas Leščevskis
became the first secular parish priest in 1854 .The column was built in 1859 .In 1893
designer Piotras Serbinovičius designed the fence and Bill Gates of the God's acre .After the
establishment of the roman type Catholic diocese of Telšiai in 1926 , the church became a
duomo .Three Bishops of Telšiai , Justinas Staugaitis , Vincentas Borisevičius and Pranciškus
Ramanauskas , are buried in the duomo 's grave .Bishops Petras Maželis , Juozapas Pletkus
and Antanas Vaičius are buried in the churchyard .In 1938 Czech master and harmonium
detergent builder Otto Kratokvil built a forward-looking harmonium .This big manual and
foot-operated Romantic-style organ has 22 registers and is machine-made .The keyboard
and mechanically skillful constituent were manufactured by various western firm and the
wooden pipes were made in Šiauliai.In rescript to commemorate the 600th anniversary of
baptism of Samogitia , artist Romualdas Inčirauskas decorated the doors of the duomo with
the Samogitian baptism story .The crypt was also reconstructed .== Architecture == The
cathedral reflects features of Baroque and Classicism .Its plan is orthogonal .It has one
tugboat and a three-wall apse .The cathedral 's nave is bordered by two aisles , separated by
dock .Two-sloped cap provides the cathedral with slender proportions .It also has a tug
above the eastern window dressing .The exterior of the building is laconic and
restrained .The modest width of the slope facades is divided by original duad of Windows :
minuscule oval Windows light the lower gallery and the upper part has tall narrow
windows .The space between the windowpane is divided by the pilasters.The Interior
Department of the cathedral is roomy and scant .The pillars which support the gallery are
modified visually by the arches which link them and surround the chancel .Profiled wall
chromatography column , cornices and the instalment form an organic part of the
interior .artist Jurgis Mažeika designed two altars beside the pillars and in the presbytery as
well as the soapbox while creative person Tomasz Podhajski ( Lithuanian : Tomas
Podgaiskis ) designed three Lord's table in the second story and the fundamental
altar.Telšiai Cathedral is the only church in Lietuva which has a two-storey altar.The
churchyard gates are designed as a tripartite triumphal arch with ornamental decoration :
the complex valance board , vaults and niches reflect the harmony of neo-baroque and neo-
renaissance forms typical of fin-de-siecle historicism .in 2005 the sculptures of St. Marcus
Antonius of Padua ( frequenter of the cathedral ) and St. Stanislaus ( patron of Telšiai urban
center ) designed by Arū nas Sakalauskas were constructed to the churchyard gates .==
Interior verandah == == character ==