Povilas Jakubėnas

{{Short description|Lithuanian Calvinist clergyman}}

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Povilas Jakubėnas (April 11, 1871 – May 30, 1953) was a Lithuanian Calvinist clergyman, general superintendent of the Lithuanian branch of the Reformed Church during the interbellum, professor of theology, Lithuanian book smuggler (knygnešys) during his student times.Jonas Dagilis. "Povilas Jakubėnas" in: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, Vol. VIII (Imhof-Junusas). – Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2005Włodzimierz Sakowicz, "40-lecie duszpasterstwa Ks. Dra Pawła Jakubenasa superintendenta generalnego Litwy", Szlakiem reformacji, no. 1–3, 1939, pp. 16–17.[http://www.ref.lt/index.php/lt/tikjimas/reformat-enciklopedija/924-povilui-jakubnui-140 "Povilui Jakubėnui - 140"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130413135924/http://www.ref.lt/index.php/lt/tikjimas/reformat-enciklopedija/924-povilui-jakubnui-140 |date=2013-04-13 }}, April 27, 2011(retrieved March 12, 2013)[http://www.spaudos.lt/Knygnesiai/Povilas_Jakubenas.htm "Knygnešys Povilas Jakubėnas "] (retrieved March 12, 2013)

In 1928 he was awarded with the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas of II degree.

In 1941, upon the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States Jakubeans fled to the West, first to Germany, and eventually settled in Switzerland.