Jonas Algimantas Boruta
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His Excellency Jonas Algimantas Boruta | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai | |
Metropolis | Kaunas |
Appointed | 5 January 2002 |
Term ended | 18 September 2017 |
Predecessor | Antanas Vaičius |
Successor | Kęstutis Kėvalas |
Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Vulturaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1997–2002) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 5 August 1982 by Julijonas Steponavičius |
Consecration | 21 June 1997 by Audrys Juozas Bačkis |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 19 December 2022 Marijampolė, Lithuania[1] | (aged 78)
Jonas Algimantas Boruta (11 October 1944 – 19 December 2022) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Jesuite.[2]
Boruta was born in Garliava, Lithuania and was ordained to the priesthood in 1982. He served as titular bishop of Vulturaria (1997-2002) and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius, Lithuania (1997-2002), and as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai, Lithuania, from 2002 until his resignation in 2017.[2]
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