Archbishop Juozapas Skvireckas †

Deceased

Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Sep 1873		Born
24 Jun 1899	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Mar 1919	45.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
10 Mar 1919	45.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ceramus
13 Jul 1919	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ceramus
5 Apr 1926	52.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
13 May 1926	52.6	Installed	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
3 Dec 1959	86.2	Died	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

MicroData Summary
Juozapas Skvireckas
Archbishop Juozapas Skvireckas
(born 18 Sep 1873, died 3 Dec 1959)
Archbishop of Kaunas

Event Place
Birth Place Pasiluciai

a priest for 60.4 years
a bishop for 40.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Anton Karaś (Karosas) †
Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bl. Jerzy Bolesław Matulewicz-Matulaitis, M.I.C. †
Bishop of Vilnius
Bishop Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. †
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Anton Karaś (Karosas) † (1907)
Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Antanas Louis Deksnys † (1931)
Vincentas Cardinal Sladkevičius, M.I.C. † (1944)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antonijs Springovičs † (1920)
Bishop Vincentas Brizgys † (1940)
Bishop Pranciskus Ramanauskas † (1944)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Justinas Staugaitis † (1926)
Bishop Juozapas Kukta † (1926)
Bishop Kazimieras Paltarokas † (1926)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/124713
VIAF: 10368829
WikiData: Q6314485

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 41

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