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Audrys Juozas Cardinal Bačkis

Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius

Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia

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Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Vilnius. a priest for years a bishop for years a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by: Luigi Cardinal Traglia † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle Principal Consecrator: Pope John Paul II (Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †) Principal Co-Consecrators: Achille Cardinal Silvestrini Cardinal-Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo Bishop Juozas Preikšas Titular Bishop of Egnatia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Pope John Paul II (1958) (Bl. 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Ordained Priest: Archbishop Gintaras Linas Grušas (1994) Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Jonas Boruta, S.J. (1997) Bishop Arūnas Poniškaitis (2010) Archbishop Gintaras Linas Grušas (2010) Bishop Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. (2012) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis (1997) Bishop Rimantas Norvila (1997)