There are provided a screen printing apparatus and a screen printing method which can realize an increase in conversion efficiency of a solar cell by forming a circuit pattern having a large aspect ratio of a sectional shape by increasing the thickness of the circuit pattern. A screen printing apparatus 10 and a screen printing method for forming a belt-shaped circuit pattern on a surface of a substrate 11 include a support table 12 which supports the substrate, a metal mask 1 having a covering portion which covers a part of the surface of the substrate 11, a plurality of apertures from which a part of the substrate 11 is exposed and bridge portions which are provided between the apertures along a direction which intersects a longitudinal direction of a circuit pattern to be formed and a cartridge-type squeegee head 13 which supplies a paste which constitutes a circuit pattern to a surface of the metal mask 1 under a predetermined pressure while causing a squeegee 14 of a predetermined length to slide on an upper surface of the metal mask 1 in a contact fashion.