About Rolandas Makrickas
Rolandas Makrickas (born 31 January 1972) is a Lithuanian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore since 2025. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 2006 to 2021, when he was given responsibility for reorganizing the administration of the basilica. He was granted the personal title of archbishop in 2023 and made a cardinal in 2024. == Biography == === Early life and education === Rolandas Makrickas was born on 31 January 1972 in Biržai, Lithuania, the youngest of five children. Because Soviet authorities restricted religious practice and catechesis, his early religious education was private and tersely accomplished. The end of the Soviet era allowed him to gain a more extensive understanding of his faith and ways of experiencing beyond ritual. While young he flew gliders and briefly considered a career in aviation. He entered Kaunas Priest Seminary in 1990, the second year it operated, and beginning in 1991 lived at the St. Casimir Lithuanian College in Rome while studying philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Panevėžys on 30 July 1996.
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