Jonas Algimantas Boruta Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jonas Algimantas Boruta. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija. Lithuanian.
  2. https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bboruta.html Catholic-Hierarchy.org.-Jonas Algimantas Boruta