Sigitas Tamkevičius is a Lithuania

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n archbishop

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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. He currently serves as Archbishop of Kaunas

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas

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After having graduated the secondary school in Seirijai

Seirijai

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 in 1955 he entered the Kaunas Priest Seminary

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. He continued his theology studies after some years of the military service in Soviet Army

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 and graduated the seminary in 1962. Tamkevičius was ordained priest by the bishop P. Maželis on April 18, 1962. In the following years he ministered as vicar

Vicar

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 in the parishes of Alytus

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, Lazdijai

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, Kudirkos Naumiestis

Kudirkos Naumiestis

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, Prienai

Prienai

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, Simnas

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