Eugenijus Bartulis Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Eugenijus Bartulis
Bishop of Šiauliai
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Šiauliai
Appointed:28 May 1997
Ordination:30 May 1976
Consecration:29 June 1997
Consecrated By:Sigitas Tamkevičius
Birth Name:Eugenijus Bartulis
Birth Date:1949 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Kaunas, Lithuania
Alma Mater:Kaunas seminary
Previous Post:Military Ordinary of Lithuania (2000-10)
Motto:Gaudete semper in Domino
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Eugenijus Bartulis.svg

Eugenijus Bartulis (born 7 December 1949) is a Lithuanian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the bishop of Šiauliai since 1997.

Biography

Eugenijus Bartulis was born in Kaunas on 7 December 1949. He graduated from secondary school in Kaunas in 1968 and studied at the Kaunas Interdiocesan Seminary from 1971 to 1976. Bartulis was ordained a priest on 30 May 1976.

From 1976 to 1986, Bartulis worked as a vicar in the parishes of Kelmė, Radviliškis and Kaunas. From 1986 to 1989, he was pastor of the parishes of Deltuva and Bukonys. In 1989, he was appointed administrator of Kaunas Cathedral. In 1990, he was named chancellor of the curia of the Archdiocese of Kaunas. He later became pastor of one of the largest parishes in Kaunas and then taught and served as spiritual director of the Kaunas Seminary. On 1 June 1996, Bartulis was appointed its rector.

On 28 May 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of the newly established Diocese of Šiauliai.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 29 June 1997 in Kaunas Cathedral. On 13 July he was installed in the Cathedral of the Apostles Peter and Paul in Šiauliai.[2]

On 25 November 2000, he was given the additional responsibility as ordinary of the Military Ordinariate of Lithuania.[3] Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation from that position on 2 July 2010.[4]

Within the Lithuanian Bishops' Conference, he chaired the Council on Ecumenical Relations from 2014 to 2017.[5]

Darius Trijonis, Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, was appointed coadjutor bishop on 6 June 2024 in anticipation of his Bartulis' retirement.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: 12 November 2024 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . LXXXIX . 429 . 1997 .
  2. Web site: 12 November 2024 . lt . Istorija . Diocese of Šiauliai.
  3. 12 November 2024 . 25 November 2000. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 25.11.2000. Holy See Press Office .
  4. 12 November 2024 . 2 July 2010. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 02.07.2010. Holy See Press Office .
  5. Web site: Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis . 12 November 2024 . Lithuanian Bushops' Conference.
  6. 12 November 2024 . 6 June 2024. Resignations and Assignments, 06.06.2024. Holy See Press Office .