Viktoras Butkus
Viktoras Butkus (born January 18, 1923 in Tirkiliškiai , Čekiškė area , Kaunas district , † July 15, 1993 in Garliava ) was a Lithuanian theologian.
Life
From 1941 to 1944 he studied at the Vilkaviškis Seminary , from 1944 to 1945 at the Kaunas Seminary and was ordained a priest in 1945. From 1959 to 1961 he studied and received his doctorate in theology at the Lateran University in Rome . From 1952 to 1956 and from 1961 he taught at the Kaunas Seminary, from 1962 to 1989 he was Regens, from 1966 professor , from 1989 member of the Senate and dean of the faculty for Catholic theology at Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas .
KGB activity
Butkus had already been recruited by the KGB for intelligence work in the circles of the Lithuanian exiled clergy before he began his studies . As Agent Fichte , like his fellow student Romualdas Krikščiūnas , he delivered reports to the Soviet authorities during his studies.
literature
Algimantas kajackas. Viktoras Butkus (1923). Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija , T. III (Beketeriai-Chakasai). - Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 2003. 673 psl.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Donal O'Sullivan: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier. . . Priest ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (hoover digest, 2012, no.1, January 23, 2012, accessed January 6, 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butkus, Viktoras |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian theologian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tirkiliškiai , Čekiškė region , Kaunas district |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1993 |
| Place of death | Garliava |