Military Ordinariate of Lietuvos kariuomenės ordinariatas, Lithuania

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Military Ordinariate

Name: Lietuvos kariuomenės ordinariatas / Lithuania

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2000.11.25: Established as Military Ordinariate of Lietuvos kariuomenės ordinariatas / Lithuania

Contact Info

Address: Švento Ignoto 8/29, LT-01120, Vilnius, Lithuania

Present Prelates

Military Ordinary:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate (2013.04.05 – ...):

Archbishop Gintaras Linas Grušas (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania

President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences

Ordinaries

Military Ordinaries of Lietuvos kariuomenės ordinariatas (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Gintaras Linas Grušas (63)
(Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate 2013.04.05 – ...)

Bishop Gintaras Linas Grušas (63) (later Archbishop)
(2010.07.02 – 2013.04.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)
President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania
President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences
Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Lithuania (Lithuania)

Malonė, gailestingumas ir ramybė / Gratia misericordia et pax

Born:	1961.09.23 (Washington, DC, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.09.04

Priest of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1994.06.25 – 2010.07.02)

Military Ordinary of Lithuania (Lithuania) (2010.07.02 – 2013.04.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) (2013.04.05 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Lithuania (Lithuania) (2013.04.05 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania (2014.10.28 – ...)

President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2021.09.25 – ...)

Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis (74)
(2000.11.25 – 2010.07.02)

Bishop of Šiauliai (Lithuania)

Gaudete semper in Domino

Born:	1949.12.07 (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Ordained Priest:	1976.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.06.29

Priest of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1976.05.30 – 1997.05.28)

Bishop of Šiauliai (Lithuania) (1997.05.28 – ...)

Military Ordinary of Lithuania (Lithuania) (2000.11.25 – 2010.07.02)