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Juozas Žemaitis

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Juozas Žemaitis (30 August 1926 – 5 October 2021) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate. He was born in Šakiai District Municipality, Lithuania. He became a priest in 1949. In 1991, Pope John Paul II made Žemaitis the Bishop of Vilkaviškis. He retired from the role in 2002.

Žemaitis died on 5 October 2021 in Marijampolė, Lithuania at the age of 95.[1]

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