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J. Žemaitis was born in 1926 in the Šakiai district, after the war he studied at the Kaunas Interdiocesan Priestly Seminary, in 1949 he was ordained a priest.
He has worked in Veiveriai, Marijampolė St. arca. Mykolas, vicar of the parish of Vilkaviškis, administrator of the parish of Simnas, in 1967 he became pastor of the parish of Šakiai and dean of the deanery of Šakiai, in 1980 Pope John Paul II granted him the title of monsignor.
J. Žemaitis was Bishop of Vilkaviškis from 1991 to 2002.
In that year he was awarded an honorary citizen of Marijampolė.
“He was a bishop who, since his appointment, revived and created the diocese of Vilkaviškis, its organizations and new parishes. He actively nurtured the living Church, as well as was in charge of the reconstruction of several churches and the Vilkaviškis Cathedral, and of the training of new priests, who were consecrated 72 as Bishop of Vilkaviškis ”, states the report of the curia diocese of Vilkaviškis . .
J. Žemaitis will be buried on October 8 in Marijampolė St. in the cemetery of the Basilica of the Archangel Michael, along with other prominent members of the Marian convent buried there.
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