Vincentas Cardinal Sladkevicius, M.I.C. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas

Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Aug 1920		Born	Zasliai
25 Mar 1944	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers
14 Nov 1957	37.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
14 Nov 1957	37.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abora
25 Dec 1957	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abora
15 Jul 1982	61.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
28 Jun 1988	67.9	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	67.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella
10 Mar 1989	68.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
4 May 1996	75.7	Retired	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
28 May 2000	79.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal

a priest for 56.2 years
a bishop for 42.4 years
a cardinal for 11.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Teofilo Matulionis †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Vincentas Cardinal Sladkevicius, M.I.C. † (1957)
Archbishop Teofilo Matulionis † (1929)
Bishop Antonio Malecki † (1926)
Bishop Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d'Herbigny, S.J. † (1926)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Antoni Dziemianko
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C.
Bishop Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas
Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius, S.J.
Bishop Juozas Tunaitis
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antanas Vaicius
Bishop Juozas Preikšas
Bishop Vladas Michelevicius

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