Sigitas Tamkevičius

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Lithuanian
Denomination	Catholic (Roman Rite)
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas (1991-96) Titular Bishop of Turuda (1991-96)
Alma mater	Kaunas Priest Seminary
Motto	Dominus illuminatio mea
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Sigitas Tamkevičius (born 7 November 1938) is a Lithuanian

.

Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 5 October 2019.

Biography

He graduated from secondary school in

, which was then illegal under Soviet law. Tamkevičius was among the initiators of the petition action protesting the Soviet discriminating restrictions on the Kaunas Seminary. Because of that Soviet authorities forbade Tamkevičius from exercising his ministry. He worked in a factory and in the land-reclamation area for one year.

While vicar in Simnas parish, Tamkevičius initiated the

, he was released in 1988.

The Lithuanian Bishops' Conference appointed Tamkevičius spiritual director of the Kaunas Seminary in 1989. He was appointed rector of the Seminary in 1990. Tamkevičius was appointed auxiliary bishop of Kaunas on 8 May 1991 and was consecrated a bishop on 19 May 1991.

(2002–2005).

Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 11 June 2015.^[1]

On 5 October 2019, Pope Francis made him

See also

• Cardinals created by Francis
• Catholic Church in Lithuania
• Jesuit cardinal

References

Additional sources

• "Tamkevičius Card. Sigitas, S.I." Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020.
• Tamkevicius, Sigitas. "Lietuvos Katalikų Bažnyčios Kronika" [The Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania]. Bernardinai.lt (in Lithuanian).
• "Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J." Lithuanian Bishops' Conference. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.

Catholic Church titles
Titular see established	Titular Bishop of Turuda 8 May 1991 – 4 May 1996	Succeeded by Eugenio Romero Pose
Preceded by Juozas Preikšas	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas 8 May 1991 – 4 May 1996	Succeeded by Rimantas Norvila
Preceded by Vincentas Sladkevičius	Archbishop of Kaunas 4 May 1996 – 11 June 2015	Succeeded by Lionginas Virbalas
Preceded by Audrys Juozas Bačkis	President of the Lithuanian Episcopal Conference 3 November 1999 – 20 September 2002	Succeeded by Audrys Juozas Bačkis
	Vice-President of the Lithuanian Episcopal Conference 20 September 2002 – 20 September 2005
	President of the Lithuanian Episcopal Conference 20 September 2005 – 28 October 2014	Succeeded by Gintaras Linas Grušas
Preceded by Fernando Sebastián Aguilar	Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Angela Merici 5 October 2019 –	Incumbent