Bishop Jonas Algimantas Boruta [Catholic-Hierarchy]

• ️David M. Cheney
• ️Wed Oct 11 1944

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1944		Born
1981²	36.2	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
5 Aug 1982	37.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Jun 1989	44.6	Solemn Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
28 May 1997	52.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
28 May 1997	52.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vulturaria
21 Jun 1997	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vulturaria
5 Jan 2002	57.2	Appointed	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
20 Jan 2002	57.2	Installed	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
18 Sep 2017	72.9	Resigned	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
19 Dec 2022	78.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Jonas Algimantas Boruta
(VIAF: 2698710; WikiData: Q982995)
Bishop Jonas Algimantas Boruta S.J. (born 11 Oct 1944, died 19 Dec 2022) Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda)

• Ad Limina - June 2006: Bishop
• Ad Limina - February 2015: Bishop

Event	Place
Birth Place	Garliava, Archdiocese of Kaunas
Ordained Priest	St. George's, Cathedral, Skaistgiri
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Vilnius, Archdiocese of Vilnius

a priest for 40.3 years a bishop for 25.4 years

Ordained Priest by: Bishop Julijonas Steponavičius † Titular Bishop of Antarados Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Audrys Juozas Bačkis Archbishop of Vilnius Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J. Archbishop of Kaunas Bishop Juozas Tunaitis † Titular Bishop of Sassura

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Audrys Juozas Bačkis (1988) Archbishop of Vilnius Pope John Paul II (1958) (St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †) Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933) Archbishop of Lviv Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919) Archbishop of Lviv Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901) Archbishop of Lviv Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886) Bishop of Kraków Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861) Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839) Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826) Archbishop of Ravenna Pope Leo XII (1794) (Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †) Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. (2012)

Source(s):

• ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 13,020
• r: Bollettino, 18 Sep 2017
• c1/d/sole: CB, 19 Dec 2022

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