Jonas Algimantas Boruta (11 October 1944 – 19 December 2022) was a Lithuanian

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prelate, Jesuite. Boruta was born in

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, Lithuania and was ordained to the priesthood in 1982. He served as

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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.Catholic-Hierarchy.org.-Jonas Algimantas Boruta
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