Sigitas Cardinal Tamkevičius, S.J.

Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angela Merici

Motto: Dominus Illuminatio Mea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Nov 1938		Born
18 Apr 1962	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kaunas, Lithuania
Aug 1968³	29.7	Entered	Priest of Society of Jesus
15 Aug 1970	31.7	First Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
8 May 1991	52.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
8 May 1991	52.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Turuda
19 May 1991	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Turuda
4 May 1996	57.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
11 Jun 2015	76.5	Retired	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
5 Oct 2019	80.9	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Oct 2019	80.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angela Merici
26 Jan 2020	81.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angela Merici

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Sigitas Tamkevičius
Sigitas Cardinal Tamkevičius S.J.
(born 7 Nov 1938)
Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas

Ad Limina - June 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2015: Bishop
Consistory - 2019: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Gudonys, Krikstonys, Archdiocese of Kaunas
Ordained Priest Sts. Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Kaunas, Archdiocese of Kaunas
Ordained Bishop Sts. Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Kaunas, Archdiocese of Kaunas

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Kaunas.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Petras Maželis †
Titular Bishop of Celenderis
Principal Consecrator:
Vincentas Cardinal Sladkevičius, M.I.C. †
Archbishop of Kaunas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vladas Michelevičius †
Titular Bishop of Thapsus
Bishop Antanas Vaičius †
Bishop of Telšiai
Bishop Romualdas Krikšciunas †
Titular Bishop of Amaia
Bishop Juozas Preikšas †
Titular Bishop of Egnatia

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis (1997)
Bishop Rimantas Norvila (1997)
Bishop Jonas Ivanauskas (2003)
Archbishop Kęstutis Kėvalas (2012)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. † (1997)
Bishop Jonas Kauneckas (2000)
Bishop Arūnas Poniškaitis (2010)
Archbishop Gintaras Linas Grušas (2010)
Bishop Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. (2012)
Archbishop Lionginas Virbalas, S.J. (2013)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gudonys, Krikstonys, Archdiocese of Kaunas
Ordained Priest	Sts. Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Kaunas, Archdiocese of Kaunas
Ordained Bishop	Sts. Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Kaunas, Archdiocese of Kaunas

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/383033
VIAF: 10138791
WikiData: Q1376572

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 128, Number 11,542
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 159, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 11 Jun 2015
card: Bollettino, 1 Sep 2019
cpri: Bollettino, 5 Oct 2019
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 5 Oct 2019
i: Bollettino, 20 Jan 2020

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