Mindaugas Sabutis

Mindaugas Sabutis (born 26 August 1975 in Tauragė) is a Lithuanian prelate who is the current Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania.

The Most Reverend

Mindaugas Sabutis
Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania
ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania
Elected24 April 2004
Orders
Ordination4 April 1998
Consecration19 June 2004
by Jānis Vanags
Personal details
Born (1975-08-26) August 26, 1975
Tauragė, Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
SpouseVilma Sabutis
Children3
Alma materVilnius University
Klaipėda University

Biography

Sabutis was born in Tauragė in the then Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, present-day Lithuania. He was baptized by Bishop Jonas V. Kalvanas at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tauragė. In 1993, he enrolled in the Department of Evangelical Theology at Klaipėda University. During his third year of study, in 1996, he was ordained a deacon. After graduating with a BA in Evangelical Theology in 1997, he settled in Jurbarkas and served in four parishes: Jurbarkas, Skirsnemunė, Smalininkai and Vilkyškiai. On 4 April 1998, he was ordained a priest at the Church of the Assumption.[1] On 5 December 1998, he was invited to serve as pastor of the parish of Vilnius. In June 1999, he began master's studies at the Vilnius University in the Department of Religious Studies and Research graduating in June 2001. In July 1999, he married his wife Vilma who works at the Lithuanian Bible Society.

Since 2000, Sabutis has been a member of the Lithuanian Evangelical Lutheran Church Consistory. In February 2001, he became a member of the Board of Directors of the Bible Society of the Evangelical Church and was elected Vice-President in 2005. From 8 December 2001 to July 2004, he was the chairman of the Youth Center of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania. On 24 April 2004, he was elected as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and consecrated on 19 June. In September 2005, he commenced his doctoral studies at Klaipėda University where he also works as a lecturer. Sabutis is also the coordinator for the Lutheran Union of East and Central Europe. On 22 May 2009, he was awarded the title of Honorary Doctor from the Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne, Indiana). Since 2011, he has also been the spiritual leader of the Lutheran Church in the Republic of Belarus.[2]

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References
  1. "Dvasininkai", Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania. Retrieved on 9 September 2017.
  2. "Vyskupas Mindaugas Sabutis", Vilnius Evangelical Lutheran Church. Retrieved on 9 September 2017.
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