Vincentas Sladkevičius
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Cardinal-Priest | |
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| Born | Vincentas Sladkevičius 20 August 1920 Guroniai, Lithuania |
| Died | May 28, 2000 (aged 79) Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Buried | Kaunas Cathedral Basilica |
| Parents | Mykolas Sladkevičius Uršule Kavaliauskaite |
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| Motto | Fac mecum signum in bonum |
| Styles of Vincentas Sladkevičius | |
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Kaunas (emeritus ) |
Litas commemorative coin
dedicated to Vincentas SladkevičiusVincentas Sladkevičius,
cardinalate
in 1988.
Biography
Vincentas Sladkevičius was born in
priesthood on 25 March 1944. He then did pastoral work in Kaišiadorys until 1959, including serving as a professor and the prefect
of studies and discipline at the Kaunas seminary.
On 14 November 1957, Sladkevičius was appointed
Episcopal Conference
on 27 April 1988.
Congregation of the Marian Clerics of the Immaculate Conception. He resigned as Kaunas' archbishop on 4 May 1996. He was awarded the Order of Vytautas the Great
in 1998.
Sladkevičius died in Kaunas, at age 79. He was buried in the Cathedral-Basilica of Kaunas following a funeral Mass there on 1 June 2000.
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