Vincentas Taškūnas (1880–1967) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest. Taškūnas graduated with a master's degree in theology from the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy in 1915. After World War I, he settled in Vilnius (Wilno, Vilna) which was then part of the Second Polish Republic. He worked as a chaplain at the Lithuanian and taught the Lithuanian language at Vilnius Priest Seminary. He was editor of the newspaper Vilniaus aušra (1932–1939) and chairman of the Society of Saint Casimir for the Education and Care of Young People (1932–1937). During World War II, he worked at the diocesan chancery of the Archdiocese of Vilnius and was selected by Archbishop Mečislovas Reinys as one of his successors. However, Soviet authorities would not allow it and Taškūnas was effectively exiled from Vilnius. He died in obscurity in 1967. Biography Early life and education Taškūnas was born on in near Dūkštas to a family of Lithuanian peasants. He was the youngest of nine children. His father was an enterprising farmer and managed to save and borrow enough money to buy about of land in near Rimšė in 1897. Taškūnas received his primary education at home. He studied at the Panevėžys Real School in 1892–1897 and completed four classes (he repeated the second year twice). He then enrolled at the Vilnius Priest Seminary in fall 1898. He graduated in 1902, but was ordained a priest only on 14 June 1903. He held his first celebratory mass at the Church of St. Francis and St. Bernard, Vilnius. He was then assigned as a vicar to the Church of All Saints, Vilnius. In 1905, he was reassigned as a parson to Paberžė. The town did not have a Catholic church, thus he built a temporary structure from wood planks. After less than a year, he was transferred to near Shchuchyn. Taškūnas started the paperwork to apply to the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy in 1906, but was admitted only in 1911. He graduated with a master's degree in theology in 1915. Work in Dzisna and Vilnius After his studies, Taškūnas was assigned as dean in Dzisna. During World War I, he established a chapter of the Lithuanian Society for the Relief of War Sufferers as well as a Lithuanian school. In 1917, he participated in the opening and inspection of the casket of Saint Andrew Bobola in Polotsk: the remains were dressed in new clothes