Bishop Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C.

Bishop Emeritus of Vilkaviškis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Aug 1926		Born	Griškabudis
25 Sep 1949	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers
10 Mar 1989	62.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
10 Mar 1989	62.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tabaicara
18 Mar 1989	62.6	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

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Vilkaviškis.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Vincentas Cardinal Sladkevicius, M.I.C. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Julijonas Steponavicius †
Bishop Juozas Preikšas
Bishop Vladas Michelevicius

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C. (1989)
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 †

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