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Jun 03, 1884 Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania Died on 28 Dec 1928 (aged 44)
Bishop of the Lithuanian National Catholic Church
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- John Gritenas (born Jonas Gritenas; 23 June 1884 – 28 December 1928) was bishop of the Lithuanian National Catholic Church (LNCC), a small religious denomination based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Gritenas was born in Vilnius, (then the Russian Empire), the son of Aleksandras Gritenas and Lucya (née Kumorowski).
- He immigrated to the United States in 1910.
- He attended the Polish National Catholic Church's Seminary in Scranton and 1914 was ordained as a priest by Father Franciszek Hodur.In 1920, Gritenas was appointed pastor of the Scranton parish of the Lithuanian National Catholic Church, and he prepared prayer books and other theological publications.
- He was consecrated as a bishop by the synod of the Polish National Catholic Church on August 17, 1924.
- He returned to Lithuania in 1922 and 1927, where he hoped to set up a parish of the American LNCC, but his health began to decline.
- In 1928, he died of diphtheria.
