Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Jonas Algimantas Boruta | |
Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai | |
Metropolis: | Kaunas |
Appointed: | 5 January 2002 |
Term End: | 18 September 2017 |
Predecessor: | Antanas Vaičius |
Successor: | Kęstutis Kėvalas |
Previous Post: | Titular Bishop of Vulturaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1997–2002) |
Ordination: | 5 August 1982 |
Ordained By: | Julijonas Steponavičius |
Consecration: | 21 June 1997 |
Consecrated By: | Audrys Juozas Bačkis |
Birth Date: | 1944 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, USSR |
Death Place: | Marijampolė, Lithuania[1] |
Jonas Algimantas Boruta (11 October 1944 – 19 December 2022) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Jesuite.
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]