Lithuania

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
21 Dec 1969		Bishop Romualdas Krikšciunas	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Panevėžys
8 Feb 1970		Henryk Roman Cardinal Gulbinowicz	Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
29 Apr 1979		Archbishop Edward Ozorowski	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland
27 May 1979		Archbishop Justo Mullor García	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia
6 Jan 1982		Archbishop John Bulaitis	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Albania
25 Jul 1982		Bishop Antanas Vaicius	Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda)
14 Sep 1984		Bishop Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Egara
2 Dec 1984		Bishop Juozas Preikšas	Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys
7 Dec 1986		Bishop Vladas Michelevicius	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kaunas
4 Oct 1988		Audrys Juozas Cardinal Backis	Archbishop of Vilnius
18 Mar 1989		Bishop Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas	Bishop of Kaišiadorys
18 Mar 1989		Bishop Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C.	Bishop Emeritus of Vilkaviškis
5 Apr 1990		Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
19 May 1991		Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius, S.J.	Archbishop of Kaunas
19 May 1991		Bishop Juozas Tunaitis	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius
6 Jan 1994		Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania
21 Jun 1997		Bishop Jonas Boruta, S.J.	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda)
29 Jun 1997		Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis	Bishop of Šiauliai
29 Jun 1997		Bishop Rimantas Norvila	Bishop of Vilkaviškis
5 Aug 2000		Bishop Jonas Kauneckas	Bishop of Panevėžys
23 Nov 2003		Bishop Jonas Ivanauskas	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas

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