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| '''Juozapas Skvireckas''' (1873-1959) was a Lithuanian ] (1926–1959). | '''Juozapas Skvireckas''' (1873-1959) was a Lithuanian ] (1926–1959). | ||
| In 1911-1937 he translated the ]. During ] by the Nazis, Skvireckas and his assistant, bishop ], |
In 1911-1937 he translated the ]. During ] by the Nazis, Skvireckas and his assistant, bishop ], greeted the Nazis.<ref>Yitzhak Arad, , Shoah Resource Center, The International School for Holocaust Studies</ref> In later years Skvireckas issued multiple protests to Nazi authorities regarding the conditions of Catholic church.<ref name='Strielkus'>http://www.komisija.lt/Files/www.komisija.lt/File/Tyrimu_baze/Naciu%20okupacija/Instituciju,%20asmenu%20vaidmuo/Streikus.%20Baznycia/ENG/A.Streikus_Church%20and%20Nazi_ENG.pdf A. Strielkus Church Institution during the Period of Nazi Occupation in Lithuania</ref> He also did send reports to Vatican and since 1942 started receiving instructions form papal office.<ref name='Strielkus'/> In 1944, Skvireckas, Brizgys and over 200 other Lithuanian clergymen left Kaunas with retreating Nazi forces, and went into ] in west. After his death, the post of an (arch)bishop of Kaunas was vacant till 1989. | ||
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Juozapas Skvireckas (1873-1959) was a Lithuanian archbishop of Kaunas (1926–1959).
In 1911-1937 he translated the Bible. During occupation of the Baltic States by the Nazis, Skvireckas and his assistant, bishop Vincentas Brizgys, greeted the Nazis. In later years Skvireckas issued multiple protests to Nazi authorities regarding the conditions of Catholic church. He also did send reports to Vatican and since 1942 started receiving instructions form papal office. In 1944, Skvireckas, Brizgys and over 200 other Lithuanian clergymen left Kaunas with retreating Nazi forces, and went into exile in west. After his death, the post of an (arch)bishop of Kaunas was vacant till 1989.
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| Preceded byPranciškus Karevičius, MIC (1914–1926) | Archbishop of Kaunas 1926–1959 |
Succeeded byVincentas Sladkevičius |
References
- Yitzhak Arad, The Christian Churches and the Persecution of Jews in the Occupied Territories of the U.S.S.R, Shoah Resource Center, The International School for Holocaust Studies
- ^ http://www.komisija.lt/Files/www.komisija.lt/File/Tyrimu_baze/Naciu%20okupacija/Instituciju,%20asmenu%20vaidmuo/Streikus.%20Baznycia/ENG/A.Streikus_Church%20and%20Nazi_ENG.pdf A. Strielkus Church Institution during the Period of Nazi Occupation in Lithuania
Further reading
- "Arkivyskupas Juozas Skvireckas" by Arūnas Streikus, "Kauno Arkivyskupijos Naujienos", No. 3, winter of 1999
- Church Institution during the Period of Nazi Occupation in Lithuania
- Archbishop Skvireckas’s diary, 1941 m. Birželio sukilimas (collection documents), ed. V. Brandišauskas, Vilnius, 2000
- Vilma Narkutė, The Confrontation Between the Lithuanian Catholic Church and the Soviet Regime, New Blackfriars, Volume 87 Issue 1011, Pages 456 - 475, 2006