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Audrys Bačkis, the Glossary

Audrys Juozas Bačkis (born 1 February 1937) is a Lithuanian prelate of the Catholic Church and a cardinal since 2001.^[1]

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Achille Silvestrini

Achille Silvestrini (25 October 1923 – 29 August 2019) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Audrys Bačkis and Achille Silvestrini are cardinals created by Pope John Paul II and pontifical Lateran University alumni.

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Antonio María Javierre Ortas

Antonio María Javierre Ortas S.D.B. (21 February 1921 – 1 February 2007) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Vatican. Audrys Bačkis and Antonio María Javierre Ortas are cardinals created by Pope John Paul II.

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Apostolic Nunciature to the Netherlands

The Apostolic Nunciature to the Netherlands is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to the Netherlands. Audrys Bačkis and Apostolic Nunciature to the Netherlands are apostolic Nuncios to the Netherlands.

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Bishops in the Catholic Church

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Church.

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Cardinal (Catholic Church)

A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis) is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church.

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Cardinal electors in the 2005 papal conclave

The papal conclave of 2005 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed Pope John Paul II following his death on 2 April 2005.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Consecrator

A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy.

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Diego Causero

Diego Causero (born 13 January 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Audrys Bačkis and Diego Causero are pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni and pontifical Gregorian University alumni.

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Diplomacy

Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of state, intergovernmental, or non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international system.

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Doctor of Canon Law (Catholic Church)

Doctor of Canon Law (Juris Canonici Doctor, JCD) is the doctoral-level terminal degree in the studies of canon law of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Edward Cassidy

Edward Idris Cassidy AC (5 July 1924 – 10 April 2021) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church who was president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 1989 to 2001. Audrys Bačkis and Edward Cassidy are apostolic Nuncios to the Netherlands, cardinals created by Pope John Paul II, pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni and pontifical Lateran University alumni.

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Episcopal conference

An episcopal conference, often also called a bishops’ conference or conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory.

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Gintaras Grušas

Gintaras Grušas (born 23 September 1961) is a Lithuanian-American prelate of the Catholic Church. Audrys Bačkis and Gintaras Grušas are 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Lithuania and Roman Catholic archbishops of Vilnius.

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Henri Lemaître

Henri Lemaître (1921 – 2003) was a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Audrys Bačkis and Henri Lemaître are apostolic Nuncios to the Netherlands and pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni.

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Holy orders

In certain Christian denominations, holy orders are the ordained ministries of bishop, priest (presbyter), and deacon, and the sacrament or rite by which candidates are ordained to those orders.

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Holy See

The Holy See (url-status,; Santa Sede), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the pope in his role as the Bishop of Rome.

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Holy See Press Office

The Holy See Press Office (Sala Stampa Sanctae Sedis; Sala Stampa della Santa Sede) publishes the official news of the activities of the Pope and of the various departments of the Roman Curia.

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Issy-les-Moulineaux

Issy-les-Moulineaux is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine.

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Kaunas

Kaunas (previously known in English as Kovno, also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.

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Kievan Rus'

Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,.

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Kyiv

Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.

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Lithuanian Americans

Lithuanian Americans (Amerikos lietuviai) refers to American citizens and residents who are Lithuanian and were born in Lithuania, or are of Lithuanian descent.

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Lithuanian language

Lithuanian is an East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.

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Luigi Traglia

Luigi Traglia (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1977) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Audrys Bačkis and Luigi Traglia are pontifical Gregorian University alumni and pontifical Lateran University alumni.

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Monsignor

Monsignor (monsignore) is a form of address or title for certain members of the clergy in the Catholic Church.

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Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia

The church of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ is a place of worship of Rome, in the Appio Latino district, in via Gallia.

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Nuncio

An apostolic nuncio (nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international organization.

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Occupation of the Baltic states

The occupation of the Baltic states was a period of annexation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania begun by the Soviet Union in 1940, continued for three years by Nazi Germany after it invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, and finally resumed by the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991.

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Order of Vytautas the Great

The Order of Vytautas the Great is the Lithuanian Presidential Award.

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Papal consistory

In the Roman Catholic Church a consistory is a formal meeting of the College of Cardinals called by the pope.

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Parish (Catholic Church)

In the Catholic Church, a parish (parochia) is a stable community of the faithful within a particular church, whose pastoral care has been entrusted to a parish priest (Latin: parochus), under the authority of the diocesan bishop.

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Paul Gouyon

Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon (24 October 1910 – 26 September 2000) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Audrys Bačkis and Paul Gouyon are pontifical Gregorian University alumni.

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Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (Pontificia Ecclesiastica Academia, Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica) is one of the Roman Colleges of the Catholic Church.

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Pontifical Gregorian University

The Pontifical Gregorian University (Pontificia Università Gregoriana; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana), is a higher education ecclesiastical school (pontifical university) located in Rome, Italy.

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Pontifical Lateran University

The Pontifical Lateran University (Pontificia Università Lateranense; Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis), also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in Rome.

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Pope Benedict XVI

Pope BenedictXVI (Benedictus PP.; Benedetto XVI; Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013.

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis (Franciscus; Francesco; Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Audrys Bačkis and Pope Francis are cardinals created by Pope John Paul II.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius (Archidioecesis Vilnensis; Vilniaus arkivyskupija) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania.

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Secretariat of State (Holy See)

The Secretariat of State (Latin: Secretaria Status; Italian: Segreteria di Stato) is the oldest dicastery in the Roman Curia, the central papal governing bureaucracy of the Catholic Church.

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St. Peter's Basilica

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Basilica Sancti Petri; Basilica di San Pietro), is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy.

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Stasys Antanas Bačkis

Stasys Antanas Bačkis (10 February 1906 – 10 November 1999) was a Lithuanian diplomat and civil servant who served as an assistant in the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1930 until 1938, Head of the Lithuanian Embassy in Paris and later Head of the Lithuanian Diplomatic Service in Washington D.C. Audrys Bačkis and Stasys Antanas Bačkis are Lithuanian expatriates in France.

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Titular bishop

A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Vice president

A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.

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2005 papal conclave

A papal conclave was held on 18 and 19 April 2005 to elect a successor to John Paul II, who had died on 2 April 2005.

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2013 papal conclave

A conclave was convened on 12 March 2013 to elect a pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who had resigned on 28 February.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrys_Bačkis

Also known as Audrys Backis, Audrys Cardinal Backis, Audrys Cardinal Bačkis, Audrys Juozas Backis, Audrys Juozas Bačkis, Audrys Juozas Cardinal Backis, Audrys Juozas Cardinal Bačkis, Cardinal Backis.

Audrys Bačkis, the Glossary

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See also

20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Lithuania

21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Lithuania

Apostolic Nuncios to the Netherlands

Clergy from Kaunas

Expatriates in Costa Rica

Expatriates in Nigeria

Expatriates in the Philippines

Grand Crosses of the Order of Vytautas the Great

Lithuanian cardinals

Lithuanian expatriates in France

Lithuanian expatriates in Italy

Roman Catholic archbishops of Vilnius

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