Born on 26 February 1935 in Kaunas.
Died 01 07 1998 in Kaunas. Buried in Petrašiūnai Cemetery.
He attended Kaunas 15th Primary School and the 4th Boys' Gymnasium. In 1953 he entered the Kaunas Theological Seminary. Ordained a priest in 1958. In 1963 he defended his dissertation for the degree of Licentiate of Theology. The beginning of his priesthood - St. The beginning of his priesthood. Later he worked in Tauragė, Eržvilkas, Kelme, Panevėžys, Žeimelis, Seredžius, Tytuvėnai, Babtus. In Tytuvėnai, during the period of "mature socialism" (1970s-1990s), Mikutavičius set up a literary stand in the church, where the poetry of Bernardas Brazdžionis and other emigre poets, the philosophy of Antanas Maceina, and the priest's own poetic experiments were published. In Tytuvėnai, R. Mikutavičius' attraction to collecting and art treasures became apparent. From 1989 he was a priest in Kaunas Vytautas the Great Church, reconstructed it, and lived in the apartment of J. Tumas-Vaižgantas until 1994. In 1993-1996 he was a member of the St. From 1986 to 1993-1996 he was the rector of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel (Įgulos). At that time, the church was renovated and the interior refurbished. It became an object of spiritual and cultural attraction. He taught philosophy at Kaunas Medical University, promoted the opening of the Clinics Chapel, was its chaplain, organised Advent evenings there, and fostered the spirit of Vaižgantas. He served as a chaplain at the Academy of Agriculture of Vytautas Magnus University (the Academy campus was his last place of ministry). The spiritual life of the whole community was revived, and the reconstruction of the chapel of the Agricultural University of Lithuania began. The priest planned to build a new church on the Via Baltica motorway. Thanks to his energy and diligence, 14 Lithuanian churches were renovated. In 1982, he started publishing his poems in the magazine "Aidai". Author of essays, theological and philosophical articles. Mikutavičius amassed a rich collection of works of art for which he was robbed and brutally murdered by criminals. On 30 June 1998, he was the victim of violence and his valuable art collection was stolen, part of which has been recovered through international efforts. Part of the collection is kept in the National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, while some of the priest's personal belongings were given to the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum by the decision of his relatives.
The catalogue "The Collection of Ričardas Mikutavičius: European Art" (Vilnius, 1996), the book of etudes "He Lived and Our Lives" (Kaunas, 2003) by Viktas Rudžianas, and the bibliographical index of Ričardas Mikutavičius (1935-1998) (Kaunas, 2008) have been published.A monumental plaque (sculptor Arūnas Sakalauskas) was unveiled on 27 February 2004 at the house in Laisvės Avenue, where the priest spent his last years of life. On 27 February 2005, a memorial plaque was unveiled at the Church of St Michael the Archangel (sculptor Vladas Žuklys). A bas-relief of R. Mikutavičius was installed in the chapel of A. Stulginskis University (sculptor Algimantas Šlapikas). A video film "Thinking of the Human Way" was also made in memory of the priest, poet and collector Ričardas Mikutavičius (authors of the film: Petras Palilionis, Antanas Budrys, Petras Garnys... [et al.]; artist Dainius Kairaitis - Kaunas: Kaunas Television, 2008.) In 2008 a new street in the city was named after R. Mikutavičius.