Simonas Morkūnas

Simonas Morkūnas

Monsignor Simon Morkunas (Lithuanian "Simonas Morkūnas") (1902-1997) was a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Valtūnai, Lithuania on February 16, 1902, received his education at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1933.

in Sioux City, which recognized his “monumental services to Christianity and humanity as a Roman Catholic clergyman. His steady commitment to education, in his home country, Lithuania, and his adopted country, the United States of America, adds special luster to his career.”

He died on July 5, 1997, at the age of 95.

References

* [http://www.holycross.edu/departments/history/vlapomar/hiatt/oral.htm Rescuers who helped Jews in Lithuania]

* [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/jerry_picker/Morkunas_50yr_Globe_4-14-832.jpgBiography from The Globe (Sioux City Diocesan newspaper) 14 April, 1983]

* [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/jerry_picker/morkunas_Honorary_degree.jpgBiography accompanying Honorary Doctor of Divinity]


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