Bishop Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Aug 1926		Born
25 Sep 1949	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
1989²	62.3	Perpetual Vows	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
10 Mar 1989	62.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
10 Mar 1989	62.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tabaicara
18 Mar 1989	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tabaicara
24 Dec 1991	65.3	Appointed	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
5 Jan 2002	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
5 Oct 2021	95.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Juozas Žemaitis
(VIAF: 7682154260840224480008; WikiData: Q1710420)
Bishop Juozas Žemaitis M.I.C. (born 30 Aug 1926, died 5 Oct 2021) Bishop Emeritus of Vilkaviškis

Event Place
Birth Place Griškabudis
Ordained Bishop Ss. Peter and Paul, Kaunas, Archdiocese of Kaunas
Death Place St. Mary's Care Home, Marijampole

a priest for 72.0 years
a bishop for 32.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Vincentas Cardinal Sladkevičius, M.I.C. †
Archbishop of Kaunas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Julijonas Steponavičius †
Archbishop of Vilnius
Bishop Juozas Preikšas †
Titular Bishop of Egnatia
Bishop Vladas Michelevicius †
Titular Bishop of Thapsus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Vincentas Cardinal Sladkevičius, M.I.C. † (1957)
Archbishop of Kaunas
Bishop Bl. Teofilius Matulionis † (1929)
Bishop of Kaišiadorys
Bishop Anton Malecki † (1926)
Titular Bishop of Dionysiana
Bishop Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J. † (1926)
Titular Bishop of Ilium
Archbishop Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Arūnas Poniškaitis (1992)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Griškabudis
Ordained Bishop	Ss. Peter and Paul, Kaunas, Archdiocese of Kaunas
Death Place	St. Mary's Care Home, Marijampole

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 115, Number 10,246
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 159, Deceased Cardinals (back)
perp: CB, 14 May 2019
d: CB, 5 Oct 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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