Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C., (30 August 1926 – 5 October 2021) was a Lithuanian

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and member of the

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. He served as the Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Vilkaviškis The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vilkaviškis ( la, Vilkavisken(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Vilkaviškis in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaunas in Lithuania. It was established on April 4, 1926 from the Diocese of Łomża, Poland. ...

from 1991 until his retirement in October 2002. Žemaitis was born on 30 August 1926 in Sparviniai,

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. He was ordained as a Catholic priest on 25 September 1949. Bishop emeritus Juozas Žemaitis died in

Marijampolė Marijampolė (; also known by several other names) is a cultural and industrial city and the capital of the Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The population of Mari ...

. on 5 October 2021, at the age of 95. He was buried in the crypt of St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Cathedral in Marijampolė on 8 October 2021.

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1926 births 2021 deaths Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishops Recipients of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II People from Marijampolė {{Europe-RC-bishop-stub