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style="font-size:125%;color: #202122; background-color: #FFA4A4;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;display:inline;"><a href="/wiki/His_Eminence" class="mw-redirect" title="His Eminence">His Eminence</a></div><br /><div style="display:inline" class="fn">Audrys Bačkis</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader role"><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Vilnius" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius">Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Vilniaus_arkivyskupas_metropolitas_Audrys_Juozas_Ba%C4%8Dkis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Vilnius" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius">Vilnius</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Province</th><td class="infobox-data">Vilnius</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointed</th><td class="infobox-data">24 December 1991</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Term ended</th><td class="infobox-data">5 April 2013</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julijonas_Steponavi%C4%8Dius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julijonas Steponavičius (page does not exist)">Julijonas Steponavičius</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gintaras_Gru%C5%A1as" title="Gintaras Grušas">Gintaras Grušas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other post(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Cardinal Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Previous post(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Titular Archbishop of Meta (1988–1991)</li><li>Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands (1988–1991)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Orders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ordination</th><td class="infobox-data">18 March 1961<br />by <a href="/wiki/Luigi_Traglia" title="Luigi Traglia">Luigi Traglia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consecration</th><td class="infobox-data">4 October 1988<br />by <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">John Paul II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created cardinal</th><td class="infobox-data">21 February 2001<br />by John Paul II</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">Cardinal Priest</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Audrys Juozas Bačkis</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1937-02-01</span>) </span>1 February 1937<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 88)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Kaunas" title="Kaunas">Kaunas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><span class="flagicon"><span 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class="infobox-above" style="font-weight: normal; background-color: #ffa4a4;"><span style="font-size:80%">Styles of</span><br /><b><span class="fn">Audrys Juozas Bačkis</span></b></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Audrys_Juozas_Backis.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Coat_of_arms_of_Audrys_Juozas_Backis.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_Audrys_Juozas_Backis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Coat_of_arms_of_Audrys_Juozas_Backis.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_Audrys_Juozas_Backis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Coat_of_arms_of_Audrys_Juozas_Backis.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Audrys_Juozas_Backis.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1147" data-file-height="1212" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(manner_of_address)" class="mw-redirect" title="Style (manner of address)">Reference style</a></th><td class="infobox-data">His Eminence</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken style</th><td class="infobox-data">Your Eminence</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Informal style</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">See</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Vilnius" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius">Vilnius</a> (emeritus)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Audrys Juozas Bačkis</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Lithuanian:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="lt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Lithuanian" title="Help:IPA/Lithuanian">[ɐʊˈdʲrʲiːs<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈjuɔzɐs<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈbaːtɕkʲɪs]</a></span>; born 1 February 1937) is a Lithuanian prelate of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">cardinal</a> since 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-FIU_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIU-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1964 to 1991, when he became Archbishop of Vilnius. He retired in 2013. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Audrys_Ba%C4%8Dkis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bačkis was born in <a href="/wiki/Kaunas" title="Kaunas">Kaunas</a> to the family of <a href="/wiki/Stasys_Antanas_Ba%C4%8Dkis" title="Stasys Antanas Bačkis">Stasys Antanas Bačkis</a>, a Lithuanian diplomat. In 1938 Bačkis' father was assigned to Paris where the family stayed after the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Baltic_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of Baltic states">Soviet occupation</a> in June 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-LBC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LBC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He completed his secondary education at the Institute Saint-Marie-de-Monceau, and studied philosophy at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in <a href="/wiki/Issy-les-Moulineaux" title="Issy-les-Moulineaux">Issy-les-Moulineaux</a>. </p><p>Bačkis studied at the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Gregorian_University" title="Pontifical Gregorian University">Pontifical Gregorian University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Ecclesiastical_Academy" title="Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy">Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Lateran_University" title="Pontifical Lateran University">Pontifical Lateran University</a>, there Bačkis obtained his <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Canon_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor of Canon Law">doctorate in canon law</a>. Bačkis was <a href="/wiki/Holy_Orders" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Orders">ordained</a> to the priesthood by <a href="/wiki/Luigi_Traglia" title="Luigi Traglia">Luigi Traglia</a> on 18 March 1961, in Rome. He then did <a href="/wiki/Parish_(Catholic_Church)" title="Parish (Catholic Church)">pastoral</a> work among <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Americans" title="Lithuanian Americans">Lithuanian Americans</a> in the United States, and finished his studies in Rome in 1964. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service">Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Audrys_Ba%C4%8Dkis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1964 he entered the <a href="/wiki/Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">diplomatic service</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TI_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> serving as secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Nuncio" title="Nuncio">nunciature</a> to the Philippines (1964–1965), to Costa Rica (1965–1967), to Turkey (1967–1970), and to Nigeria (1970–1973). Bačkis was raised to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Monsignor" title="Monsignor">Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness</a> on 26 June 1965, and was called to the Council of Public Affairs of the Church in the <a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_State_(Holy_See)" title="Secretariat of State (Holy See)">Secretariat of State</a> in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-LBC_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LBC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the Vatican's delegate to the United Nations Conference in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> in 1975, and became Vice-Secretary of the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church in 1979. </p><p>On 5 August 1988, Bačkis was appointed <a href="/wiki/Pro-Nuncio" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-Nuncio">Pro-Nuncio</a> to the Netherlands and <a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">Titular Archbishop</a> of Meta by <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VP_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VP-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received his <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop (Catholic Church)">episcopal consecration</a> on the following 4 October from Pope John Paul himself, with Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Achille_Silvestrini" title="Achille Silvestrini">Achille Silvestrini</a> and Bishop Juozas Preikšas serving as <a href="/wiki/Consecrator" title="Consecrator">co-consecrators</a>, in <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a>. </p><p>He was named <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Vilnius" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius">Archbishop of Vilnius</a><sup id="cite_ref-TI_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 24 December 1991. </p><p>John Paul II created him <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal Priest</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nativit%C3%A0_di_Nostro_Signore_Ges%C3%B9_Cristo_a_Via_Gallia" title="Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia">Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Papal_consistory" title="Papal consistory">consistory</a> of 21 February 2001. Bačkis was one of the <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_electors_in_Papal_conclave,_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005">cardinal electors</a> who participated in the <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave,_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal conclave, 2005">2005 papal conclave</a> that selected <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> as well as in the one in <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal conclave, 2013">2013</a> which selected <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VP_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VP-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since having reached the age of 80, Bačkis is no longer eligible to vote in any future conclaves. </p><p>Within the Lithuanian <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Conference">Episcopal Conference</a>, he has been president (1993–1999, 2002–2005)<sup id="cite_ref-VP_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VP-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Vice_president" title="Vice president">vice-president</a> (1999–2002, 2005–2011). Besides his native <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_language" title="Lithuanian language">Lithuanian</a>, the Cardinal speaks English, French, German, Italian, Polish, and has a limited comprehension of Dutch. He is also known as one of the Catholic hierarchy's better Latin speakers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement">Retirement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Audrys_Ba%C4%8Dkis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> accepted Bačkis's resignation on 5 April 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> named Bačkis as his Special Envoy to celebrations marking the 1,025th anniversary of the Baptism (Conversion) of the <a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus" class="mw-redirect" title="Kievan Rus">Kievan Rus</a>, to be held in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, on 17 and 18 August 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Audrys_Ba%C4%8Dkis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2001.htm">"Biographical Dictionary of John Paul II (1978-2005), Consistory of February 21, 2001 (VIII)"</a>. <i>Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Florida+International+University+website%2C+The+Cardinals+of+the+Holy+Roman+Church+section&rft.atitle=Biographical+Dictionary+of+John+Paul+II+%281978-2005%29%2C+Consistory+of+February+21%2C+2001+%28VIII%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcardinals.fiu.edu%2Fbios2001.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAudrys+Ba%C4%8Dkis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LBC-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LBC_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LBC_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lvk.lcn.lt/en/nariai/emeritai/backis.html">Lithuanian Bishops' Conference website, <i>Cardinal Audrys Juozas Bačkis</i></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TI-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TI_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TI_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/audrys-juozas-backis/">Treccani website, <i>Audrys Juozas Bačkis</i></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-VP-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-VP_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VP_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VP_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_backis_aj.html">Vatican Press, <i>Bačkis Card. Audrys Juozas</i></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130413075106/http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/04/05/news/30739.html">"Archived copy"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/04/05/news/30739.html">the original</a> on 13 April 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Edward_Idris_Cassidy" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Idris Cassidy">Edward Idris Cassidy</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Nuncio_to_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Nuncio to the Netherlands">Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Netherlands</a> </b><br />5 August 1988 – 24 December 1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henri_Lema%C3%AEtre" title="Henri Lemaître">Henri Lemaître</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FABE60;"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church titles</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Mar%C3%ADa_Javierre_Ortas" title="Antonio María Javierre Ortas">Antonio María Javierre Ortas</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><small><b>— TITULAR —</b></small><br /><i><b> Titular Archbishop of Meta </b></i><br />5 August 1988 – 24 December 1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Diego_Causero" title="Diego Causero">Diego Causero</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julijonas_Steponavi%C4%8Dius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julijonas Steponavičius (page does not exist)">Julijonas Steponavičius</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Vilnius" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius">Archbishop of Vilnius</a> </b><br />24 December 1991 – 5 April 2013 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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href="/wiki/Oswald_Gracias" title="Oswald Gracias">Gracias</a></i> (CC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Robles_Ortega" title="Francisco Robles Ortega">Robles Ortega</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_DiNardo" title="Daniel DiNardo">DiNardo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Odilo_Scherer" title="Odilo Scherer">Scherer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Njue" title="John Njue">Njue</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Estanislao_Esteban_Karlic" title="Estanislao Esteban Karlic">Karlic</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sarah" title="Robert Sarah">Sarah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Monterisi" title="Francesco Monterisi">Monterisi</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Leo_Burke" title="Raymond Leo Burke">Burke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Koch" title="Kurt Koch">Koch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mauro_Piacenza" title="Mauro Piacenza">Piacenza</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gianfranco_Ravasi" title="Gianfranco Ravasi">Ravasi</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Paolo_Romeo" title="Paolo Romeo">Romeo</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Donald_Wuerl" title="Donald Wuerl">Wuerl</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raymundo_Damasceno_Assis" title="Raymundo Damasceno Assis">Assis</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kazimierz_Nycz" title="Kazimierz Nycz">Nycz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Ranjith" title="Malcolm Ranjith">Patabendige Don</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reinhard_Marx" title="Reinhard Marx">Marx</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Walter_Brandm%C3%BCller" title="Walter Brandmüller">Brandmüller</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Monteiro_de_Castro" title="Manuel Monteiro de Castro">Monteiro de Castro</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Santos_Abril_y_Castell%C3%B3" title="Santos Abril y Castelló">Abril y Castelló</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Maria_Vegli%C3%B2" title="Antonio Maria Vegliò">Vegliò</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Bertello" title="Giuseppe Bertello">Bertello</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Coccopalmerio" title="Francesco Coccopalmerio">Coccopalmerio</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Braz_de_Aviz" title="João Braz de Aviz">Aviz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Frederick_O%27Brien" title="Edwin Frederick O'Brien">O'Brien</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Domenico_Calcagno" title="Domenico Calcagno">Calcagno</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Versaldi" title="Giuseppe Versaldi">Versaldi</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Alencherry" title="George Alencherry">Alencherry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Collins_(cardinal)" title="Thomas Collins (cardinal)">Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dominik_Duka" title="Dominik Duka">Duka</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wim_Eijk" title="Wim Eijk">Eijk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Betori" title="Giuseppe Betori">Betori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timothy_M._Dolan" title="Timothy M. Dolan">Dolan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rainer_Woelki" title="Rainer Woelki">Woelki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/John_Tong_Hon" title="John Tong Hon">Tong</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lucian_Mure%C8%99an" title="Lucian Mureșan">Mureșan</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Michael_Harvey" title="James Michael Harvey">Harvey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Baselios_Cleemis" title="Baselios Cleemis">Thottunkal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/John_Onaiyekan" title="John Onaiyekan">Onaiyekan</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Salazar_G%C3%B3mez" title="Rubén Salazar Gómez">Salazar Gómez</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Baldisseri" title="Lorenzo Baldisseri">Baldisseri</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gerhard_Ludwig_M%C3%BCller" title="Gerhard Ludwig Müller">Müller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Nichols" title="Vincent Nichols">Nichols</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leopoldo_Brenes" title="Leopoldo Brenes">Brenes Solórzano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rald_Lacroix" title="Gérald Lacroix">Lacroix</a> (CC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Kutwa" title="Jean-Pierre Kutwa">Kutwa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Orani_Jo%C3%A3o_Tempesta" title="Orani João Tempesta">Tempesta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gualtiero_Bassetti" title="Gualtiero Bassetti">Bassetti</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mario_Aurelio_Poli" title="Mario Aurelio Poli">Poli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Yeom_Soo-jung" title="Andrew Yeom Soo-jung">Yeom</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Ezzati" title="Ricardo Ezzati">Ezzati Andrello</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Ou%C3%A9draogo_(cardinal)" title="Philippe Ouédraogo (cardinal)">Ouédraogo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Quevedo" title="Orlando Quevedo">Quevedo</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chibly_Langlois" title="Chibly Langlois">Langlois</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Clemente" title="Manuel Clemente">Clemente</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Berhaneyesus_Demerew_Souraphiel" title="Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel">Souraphiel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Dew_(cardinal)" title="John Dew (cardinal)">Dew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Edoardo_Menichelli" title="Edoardo Menichelli">Menichelli</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_Nh%C6%A1n" title="Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn">Nhơn</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Su%C3%A1rez_Inda" title="Alberto Suárez Inda">Suárez Inda</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Maung_Bo" title="Charles Maung Bo">Bo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kriengsak_Kovitvanit" title="Kriengsak Kovitvanit">Kovithavanij</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Montenegro" title="Francesco Montenegro">Montenegro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sturla" title="Daniel Sturla">Sturla Berhouet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Bl%C3%A1zquez" title="Ricardo Blázquez">Blázquez Pérez</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Lacunza_Maestroju%C3%A1n" title="José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán">Lacunza Maestrojuán</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arlindo_Gomes_Furtado" title="Arlindo Gomes Furtado">Gomes Furtado</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soane_Patita_Paini_Mafi" title="Soane Patita Paini Mafi">Mafi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Luis_H%C3%A9ctor_Villalba" title="Luis Héctor Villalba">Villalba</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BAlio_Duarte_Langa" title="Júlio Duarte Langa">Langa</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dieudonn%C3%A9_Nzapalainga" title="Dieudonné Nzapalainga">Nzapalainga</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Osoro_Sierra" title="Carlos Osoro Sierra">Osoro Sierra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9rgio_da_Rocha" title="Sérgio da Rocha">Rocha</a> (CC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blase_J._Cupich" title="Blase J. Cupich">Cupich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Patrick_D%27Rozario" title="Patrick D'Rozario">D'Rozario</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Baltazar_Enrique_Porras_Cardozo" title="Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo">Porras Cardozo</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jozef_De_Kesel" title="Jozef De Kesel">De Kesel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Piat" title="Maurice Piat">Piat</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Aguiar_Retes" title="Carlos Aguiar Retes">Aguiar Retes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Ribat" title="John Ribat">Ribat</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._Tobin" title="Joseph W. Tobin">Tobin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jean_Zerbo" title="Jean Zerbo">Zerbo</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Juan_Jos%C3%A9_Omella" title="Juan José Omella">Omella Omella</a> (CC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anders_Arborelius" title="Anders Arborelius">Arborelius</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Louis-Marie_Ling_Mangkhanekhoun" title="Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun">Mangkhanekhoun</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gregorio_Rosa_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Gregorio Rosa Chávez">Rosa Chávez</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angelo_De_Donatis" title="Angelo De Donatis">De Donatis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Coutts" title="Joseph Coutts">Coutts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Marto" title="António Marto">Santos Marto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Barreto" title="Pedro Barreto">Barreto Jimeno</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Tsarahazana" title="Désiré Tsarahazana">Tsarahazana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Petrocchi" title="Giuseppe Petrocchi">Petrocchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Aquino_Manyo_Maeda" title="Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda">Maeda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Toribio_Ticona_Porco" title="Toribio Ticona Porco">Ticona Porco</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ignatius_Suharyo_Hardjoatmodjo" title="Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo">Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Juan_Garc%C3%ADa_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Juan García Rodríguez">García Rodríguez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fridolin_Ambongo_Besungu" title="Fridolin Ambongo Besungu">Ambongo Besungu</a> (CC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Hollerich" title="Jean-Claude Hollerich">Hollerich</a> (CC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Leonel_Ramazzini_Imeri" title="Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri">Ramazzini Imeri</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matteo_Zuppi" title="Matteo Zuppi">Zuppi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crist%C3%B3bal_L%C3%B3pez_Romero" title="Cristóbal López Romero">López Romero</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sigitas_Tamkevi%C4%8Dius" title="Sigitas Tamkevičius">Tamkevičius</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Kambanda" title="Antoine Kambanda">Kambanda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wilton_Daniel_Gregory" title="Wilton Daniel Gregory">Gregory</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jose_Advincula" title="Jose Advincula">Advincula</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Celestino_A%C3%B3s_Braco" title="Celestino Aós Braco">Aós Braco</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Augusto_Paolo_Lojudice" title="Augusto Paolo Lojudice">Lojudice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Felipe_Arizmendi_Esquivel" title="Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel">Arizmendi Esquivel</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marc_Aveline" title="Jean-Marc Aveline">Aveline</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Okpaleke" title="Peter Okpaleke">Okpaleke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leonardo_Ulrich_Steiner" title="Leonardo Ulrich Steiner">Steiner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Filipe_Neri_Ferr%C3%A3o" title="Filipe Neri Ferrão">Ferrão</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_W._McElroy" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert W. McElroy">McElroy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virg%C3%ADlio_do_Carmo_da_Silva" title="Virgílio do Carmo da Silva">Silva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Cantoni" title="Oscar Cantoni">Cantoni</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Poola" title="Anthony Poola">Poola</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paulo_Cezar_Costa" title="Paulo Cezar Costa">Costa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Goh" title="William Goh">Goh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adalberto_Mart%C3%ADnez_Flores" title="Adalberto Martínez Flores">Martínez Flores</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Marengo" title="Giorgio Marengo">Marengo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Enrique_Jim%C3%A9nez_Carvajal" title="Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal">Jiménez Carvajal</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Arrigo_Miglio" title="Arrigo Miglio">Miglio</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pierbattista_Pizzaballa" title="Pierbattista Pizzaballa">Pizzaballa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Brislin" title="Stephen Brislin">Brislin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Sixto_Rossi" title="Ángel Sixto Rossi">Rossi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luis_Jos%C3%A9_Rueda_Aparicio" title="Luis José Rueda Aparicio">Aparicio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Grzegorz_Ry%C5%9B" title="Grzegorz Ryś">Ryś</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Ameyu_Martin_Mulla" title="Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla">Mulla</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cobo_Cano" title="José Cobo Cano">Cano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Protase_Rugambwa" title="Protase Rugambwa">Rugambwa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Francis" title="Sebastian Francis">Francis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Chow_(bishop)" title="Stephen Chow (bishop)">Chow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Xavier_Bustillo" title="François-Xavier Bustillo">Bustillo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Am%C3%A9rico_Aguiar" title="Américo Aguiar">Aguiar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Diego_Padr%C3%B3n" title="Diego Padrón">Sánchez</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Castillo_Mattasoglio" title="Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio">Castillo Mattasoglio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Bokalic_Iglic" title="Vicente Bokalic Iglic">Bokalic Iglic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luis_Cabrera_Herrera" title="Luis Cabrera Herrera">Cabrera Herrera</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Chomal%C3%AD_Garib" title="Fernando Chomalí Garib">Chomalí Garib</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tarcisio_Isao_Kikuchi" title="Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi">Kikuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Virgilio_David" title="Pablo Virgilio David">David</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ladislav_Nemet" title="Ladislav Nemet">Nemet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jaime_Spengler" title="Jaime Spengler">Spengler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ignace_Bessi_Dogbo" title="Ignace Bessi Dogbo">Bessi Dogbo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Paul_Vesco" title="Jean-Paul Vesco">Vesco</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Mathieu" title="Dominique Mathieu">Mathieu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Repole" title="Roberto Repole">Repole</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Baldassare_Reina" title="Baldassare Reina">Reina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Leo" title="Frank Leo">Leo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mykola_Bychok" title="Mykola Bychok">Bychok</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Domenico_Battaglia" title="Domenico Battaglia">Battaglia</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_deacon" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal deacon">Cardinal deacons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Mamberti" title="Dominique Mamberti">Mamberti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mario_Zenari" title="Mario Zenari">Zenari</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Farrell" title="Kevin 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