Vincentas Taškūnas
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Vincentas Taškūnas (1880–1967) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest.
Taškūnas graduated with a master's degree in theology from the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy in 1915. After World War I, he settled in Vilnius (Wilno, Vilna) which was then part of the Second Polish Republic. He worked as a chaplain at the Lithuanian Vytautas Magnus Gymnasium and taught the Lithuanian language at Vilnius Priest Seminary. He was editor of the newspaper Vilniaus aušra (1932–1939) and chairman of the Society of Saint Casimir for the Education and Care of Young People (1932–1937).
During World War II, he worked at the diocesan chancery of the Archdiocese of Vilnius and was selected by Archbishop Mečislovas Reinys as one of his successors. However, Soviet authorities would not allow it and Taškūnas was effectively exiled from Vilnius. He died in obscurity in 1967.
Biography
Early life and education
Taškūnas was born on 10 November [O.S. 29 October] 1880 in Žąsiniai near Dūkštas to a family of Lithuanian peasants. He was the youngest of nine children.
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