User:Milzinas/Rafaelis Sakalys

Father Father Rafaelis Šakalys

Father Father Rafaelis Šakalys
Personal
ReligionRoman Catholic
Senior posting
Based inRochester, New York
Period in office19561972
Predecessor Father Pranas "Frank" Valukevičius
SuccessorFather Bernardinas Grauslys


Father Father Rafaelis Šakalys, OMF, was the fourth pastor of Saint George Roman Catholic Lithuanian Church, located in Rochester, New York.

Before his death Father Valukevičius worked with great effort to leave the parish in the hands of a Lithuanian pastor. The Lithuanian Franciscan Fathers responded to his search and in 1972 took over the leadership of Saint George’s Parish and Father Father Rafaelis Šakalys, OMF assigned.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Sv. Jurgio Parapija - St. George's Parish and the Lithuanians of Rochester by Antanas Sabalis, Rochester, NY, 1983
  2. ^ St. George RC Lithuanian Parish Centennial Book -Raimundas Kirsteinas & Eugene Vidmantas, editors - 2008


Category:20th-century Roman Catholic priests Category:Lithuanian clergy