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Jonas Algimantas Boruta

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His Excellency
Jonas Algimantas Boruta
Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai
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Metropolis Kaunas
Appointed 5 January 2002
Term ended 18 September 2017
Predecessor Antanas Vaičius
Successor Kęstutis Kėvalas
Previous posts Titular Bishop of Vulturaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1997–2002)
Orders
Ordination 5 August 1982
by Julijonas Steponavičius
Consecration 21 June 1997
by Audrys Juozas Bačkis
Personal details
Born 11 October 1944
Garliava, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
Died 19 December 2022 (aged 78)
Marijampolė, Lithuania[1]

Jonas Algimantas Boruta (11 October 1944 – 19 December 2022) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Jesuite.[2]

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]

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