100 Notable alumni of
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
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The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas is 572nd in the world, 209th in Europe, and 14th in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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John Paul II
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- 1946-1947 graduated with Licentiate of Sacred Theology
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- archbishopwriterpopeLatin Catholic priesttransitional deacon
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Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
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Fulton J. Sheen
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- theologianCatholic priestradio personalitytelevision presenterwriter
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Fulton John Sheen was an American bishop of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio. Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, in 1919, Sheen quickly became a renowned theologian, earning the Cardinal Mercier Prize for International Philosophy in 1923. He went on to teach theology and philosophy at the Catholic University of America and served as a parish priest before he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1951. He held this position until 1966 when he was made the Bishop of Rochester. He resigned in 1969 as his 75th birthday approached, and was made archbishop of the titular see of Newport, Wales.
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Timothy M. Dolan
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- university teacherchurch historiantheologianCatholic priesttransitional deacon
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Timothy Michael Dolan is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the tenth and current archbishop of New York, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
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Konrad Krajewski
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- Catholic priest
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Konrad Krajewski is a Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a papal master of ceremonies from 1998 to 2013. In 2013 he was appointed as the papal almoner.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk
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- Greek-Catholic priestCatholic deacontheologiantransitional deacon
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk is a Ukrainian Catholic prelate who has served as the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) since 25 March 2011.
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Kevin Farrell
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- missionaryphilosopherLatin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Kevin Joseph Farrell KGCHS is an Irish-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal and has served as prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life since 2016. In 2019, he was appointed Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church as well.
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Donald Wuerl
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Donald William Wuerl is an American prelate, a cardinal, of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington from 2006 to 2018. He was elevated by Pope John Paul II to serve as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle (1986–1987), and bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh (1988–2006). Pope Benedict XVI named Wuerl as archbishop of Washington and made him a cardinal in 2010.
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Marc Ouellet
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- university teacherLatin Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Marc Armand Ouellet is a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America from 2010 to 2023.
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Jean-Marie Villot
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priestCatholic deacondiplomat
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Jean-Marie Villot was a French prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1965 to 1967, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1967 to 1969, Vatican Secretary of State from 1969 to 1979, and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1970 to 1979. He was made a cardinal in 1965.
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Józef Maria Bocheński
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- writertheologianuniversity teachermathematicianphilosopher
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Józef Maria Bocheński or Innocentius Bochenski was a Polish Dominican, logician and philosopher.
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Javier Echevarría Rodríguez
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- lawyerjuristLatin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Javier Echevarría Rodríguez was a Spanish bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Until his death, he was the head of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. He held doctorates in both civil and canon law.
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Edwin Frederick O'Brien
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- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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Edwin Frederick O'Brien is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since 2012 and headed the Order of the Holy Sepulchre from 2011 to 2019.
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Wim Eijk
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- theologianLatin Catholic priestphysicianCatholic bishopprofessor
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Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012. He has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht since 2007. He was Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden from 1999 to 2007. Before his clerical career he worked as a doctor; as a priest he made medical ethics the focus of his academic studies.
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Mieczysław Mokrzycki
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Mieczysław Mokrzycki is Polish-born Catholic prelate, currently serving as the archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in Ukraine.
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Dominique Pire
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- theologianresistance fighter
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Dominique Pire, O.P. was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. Pire delivered his Nobel lecture, entitled Brotherly Love: Foundation of Peace, in December 1958.
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Baselios Cleemis
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
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Baselios Cleemis is the current major archbishop-catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was named to the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI on 24 November 2012.
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Alfonso López Trujillo
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- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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Alfonso López Trujillo was a Colombian Cardinal Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
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José Saraiva Martins
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. GCC is a Portuguese cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1998 to 2008.
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Adrianus Johannes Simonis
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- Catholic priestCatholic deacontheologianCatholic bishop
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Adrianus Johannes Simonis was a Dutch cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1983 to 2007, and was made a cardinal in 1985.
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Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez is a Dominican cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and archbishop emeritus of Santo Domingo.
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Paolo Pezzi
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- university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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Paolo Pezzi, FSCB, also known as Pavel Pezzi, is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, currently serving as the Latin Church archbishop of the Archdiocese of Moscow in Russia.
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João Scognamiglio Clá Dias
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- presbyterCatholic priest
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João Scognamiglio Clá Dias is a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and religious writer. He is the founder of the Heralds of the Gospel and was their Superior General until his resignation on 2 June 2017. He has been a member of the Marian Congregations, of the Third Carmelite Order, since 23 May 1956, and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 15 June 2004, aged 64 years old.
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Marie-Dominique Chenu
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- theologianhistorianCatholic priest
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Marie-Dominique Chenu was a Catholic theologian and one of the founders of the reformist journal Concilium.
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Mario Grech
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Mario Grech is a Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Gozo from 2005 to 2019. He was Pro-Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops from October 2019 until he became Secretary General in September 2020.
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Georges Cottier
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- theologianuniversity teacherCatholic priest
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Georges Marie Martin Cottier O.P., was a Swiss prelate and theologian of the Catholic Church who served from 1990 to 2005 as theologian to Pope John Paul II as Theologian of the Pontifical Household after a career as a theologian and teacher. He was made a cardinal in 2003.
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Ernesto Ruffini
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- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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Ernesto Ruffini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Palermo from 1945 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.
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Álvaro Corcuera
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Álvaro Corcuera Martínez del Río LC was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest. He was the former General Director of the Catholic Order of the Legion of Christ, serving since January 2005. On October 15, 2012, he went on sabbatical until the convocation of a general chapter; he had an advanced incurable brain tumor, which was undiagnosed at the time.
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Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishopinternational forum participantphilosopher
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Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who was Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences from 1998 to 2022. He was made a bishop in 2001. Having authored many publications in the sciences, he received several honors, including the Légion d’Honneur of France in 2000.
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Johannes Willebrands
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- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 1969 to 1989, and Archbishop of Utrecht from 1975 to 1983. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1969, Willebrands was central to the increased ecumenism of the Church in the second half of the 20th century, and was considered papabile at the two conclaves held in 1978.
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Wojciech Giertych
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- university teacherCatholic priest
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Wojciech Giertych is a Polish Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order. He has served in the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household as Theologian of the Pontifical Household since 2005 during the pontificates of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis.
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Eduardo Francisco Pironio
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- Catholic priesttheologianuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Eduardo Francisco Pironio was an Argentine Catholic prelate who served in numerous departments of the Roman Curia from 1975 to 1996. He was named a cardinal in 1976 and Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio in 1995.
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Gilberto Agustoni
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- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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Gilberto Agustoni was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the Roman Curia from 1950 to 1998, ending his career as head of the Apostolic Signatura from 1992 to 1998. He became a Cardinal in 1994.
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Robert Francis Prevost
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. is an American-born prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal who has served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops since April 12, 2023. He previously served as Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru from 2015 to 2023, and was the Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine in Rome from 2001 to 2013.
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John Patrick Foley
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- Catholic deaconCatholic priest
- Biography
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John Patrick Foley was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. From 2007 until 2011, he was Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, an order of knighthood under papal protection, having previously served as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications from 1984 to 2007. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. He provided the commentary for the American television viewers of the Christmas Midnight Mass from St Peter's Basilica, Rome. However, in 2009, he retired from that role after 25 years. The commentary was taken over by Monsignor Thomas Powers of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, an official in the Congregation for Bishops.
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Bernardito Auza
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- Latin Catholic priest
- Biography
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Bernardito Cleopas Auza is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, appointed to that position on 01 October 2019. Prior to this, he served under the diplomatic service of the Holy See, as well as being the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations from 2014 to 2019.
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Velasio de Paolis
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- university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Velasio de Paolis, C.S., JCD, STL, was an Italian member of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and Pontifical Delegate for the religious institute of the Legionaries of Christ.
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Zbigniew Kiernikowski
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Zbigniew Kiernikowski is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of Legnica from 2014 to 2021 and of Siedlce from 2002 to 2014.
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Mieczysław Maliński
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- Catholic priestwriterpoetjournalistopinion journalist
- Biography
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Monsignor Mieczyslaw Malinski was a Polish Catholic priest, theologian and writer.
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Fernando Sebastián Aguilar
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- Catholic bishopLatin Catholic priest
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Fernando Sebastián Aguilar CMF was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela. Pope Francis created him a cardinal in a consistory of February 22, 2014.
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Nicola Canali
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Nicola Canali was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State from 1939 and as Major Penitentiary from 1941 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935. He was Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, a prestigious papal order of knighthood, from 1949 until 1960.
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Dominique Lebrun
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- lawyerCatholic priestCatholic deacontheologianCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Dominique Lebrun is a French Roman Catholic prelate. Bishop of Saint-Étienne from 2006 to 2015, he was appointed Archbishop of Rouen and Primate of Normandy in July 2015.
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James Aloysius Hickey
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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James Aloysius Hickey was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Washington from 1980 to 2000, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988. Hickey previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio from 1974 to 1980.
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Julián Herranz Casado
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- university teacherphysicianCatholic priest
- Biography
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Julián Herranz Casado is a Spanish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts in the Roman Curia from 1994 to 2007, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
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Johannes de Jong
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- Catholic priesttheologianresistance fighterCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Johannes de Jong was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1936 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.
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Gintaras Grušas
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- university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishopcomputer scientistmathematician
- Biography
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Gintaras Grušas is a Lithuanian-American prelate of the Catholic Church. A bishop since 2010, he has been the archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania, since April 2013.
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Kevin Vann
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Kevin William Vann is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Orange in Southern California since 2012. Vann previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth in Texas from 2005 to 2012.
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Giuseppe Sciacca
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- university teacherjuristtheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Giuseppe Sciacca is the current Secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura since his appointment by Pope Francis on July 16, 2016, replacing the retiring Archbishop Frans Daneels. Previously, he had served as Adjunct Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura, since Saturday, 24 August 2013. Previously, he had been serving as the Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State since his appointment by Benedict XVI on 3 September 2011.
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José Raúl Vera López
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishophuman rights activist
- Biography
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José Raúl Vera López is a Mexican friar of the Dominican Order and since 2000 bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo. He is known as well for his struggle for human rights and social justice.
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Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
- Biography
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Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches from 25 February 2020 until 15 February 2023. He was the Bishop of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy from 2015 to 2020, where he remained Apostolic Administrator until 19 June 2023.
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Varkey Vithayathil
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- university teacherCatholic priest
- Biography
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Varkey Vithayathil CSsR was an Indian cardinal who served as the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly from 1999 to 2011. He was also a religious priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
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Angelo Vincenzo Zani
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- Catholic priesttheologianuniversity teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Angelo Vincenzo Zani is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, who was named Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church in September 2022. He was the Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, its second-highest officer, from November 2012 to September 2022 after serving as its third-highest official for ten years. He has been an archbishop since 2013.
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Jose S. Palma
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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José Serofia Palma O.P. is a Filipino prelate and a professed member of the Dominican Order who is currently serving as the Archbishop of Cebu since 15 October 2010. He had previously served as Archbishop of Palo in Leyte. He also served as president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines from 2011 to 2013.
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Fortunatus Nwachukwu
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- writerCatholic priest
- Biography
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Fortunatus Nwachukwu // is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the Roman Curia as secretary of the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1994 and held the rank of apostolic nuncio from 2012, when he also became an archbishop.
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Giuseppe Girotti
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- biblical scholarCatholic priesttheologianmonk
- Biography
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Giuseppe Girotti was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Preachers. He served as a biblical scholar on both the Book of Wisdom and the Book of Isaiah and served as a professor of theological studies prior to World War II where he worked to aid Jewish people and to shield them from the Nazi Holocaust. But the priest was arrested in 1944 and moved from prison to prison before being imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp where he befriended Josef Beran and Carlo Manziana.
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Paul D. Etienne
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Paul Dennis Étienne is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State since 2019.
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Aloysius Ambrozic
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- Catholic priesttheologianuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic was a Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Toronto. He was made a cardinal on 21 February 1998.
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J. Peter Sartain
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- Catholic priestarchbishopCatholic theologianCatholic bishop
- Biography
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James Peter Sartain, better known as Peter Sartain, is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fifth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State from 2010 to 2019.
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José Bueno y Monreal
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- Catholic bishopLatin Catholic priest
- Biography
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José María Bueno y Monreal was a Spanish cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Seville from 1957 to 1982, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.
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Gilles Wach
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Gilles Wach is a French-Gabonese Roman Catholic priest, co-founder and Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, a Traditionalist society of apostolic life of pontifical right.
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Carlos Azpiroz Costa
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
- Biography
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Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P. is an Argentinian Catholic friar of the Order of Preachers who has served as the Archbishop of Bahia Blanca since 2015. He was previously his religious order's superior general from 2001 to 2010.
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Stanislavs Ladusãns
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- Catholic priestwriterphilosopherteacher
- Biography
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Stanislavs Ladusãns was a Latvian-Brazilian professor of philosophy, a member of the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy, and a Jesuit priest who arrived in Brazil on 17 February 1947. He also lived in Poland and Italy.
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Jerome Edward Listecki
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Jerome Edward Listecki is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since 2010.
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Leonard Paul Blair
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Leonard Paul Blair is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut since December 16, 2013.
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Pedro López Quintana
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Pedro López Quintana is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1984. Since becoming an archbishop in 2003, he has been the head of the papal offices in India, Nepal, Canada, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Austria since March 2019.
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José Antônio Peruzzo
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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José Antônio Peruzzo is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Curitiba since January 2015. He was Bishop of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão from 2005 to 2015.
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Giovanni Battista de' Rossi
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- priestpresbyter
- Biography
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Giovanni Battista de' Rossi was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He served as the canon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin after his cousin, who was a priest serving there, died. He was a popular confessor despite his initial fears that his epileptic seizures could manifest in the Confessional. Rossi opened a hospice for homeless women not long after his ordination, and he became known for his work with prisoners and ill people, to whom he dedicated his entire ecclesial mission.
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Sebastian Francis
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Sebastian Francis is a Malaysian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Penang since 2011. Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of Cardinal on 30 September 2023. He is the second cardinal from Malaysia after Anthony Soter Fernandez.
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Servais-Théodore Pinckaers
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- writertheologianCatholic priestuniversity teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Servais-Théodore Pinckaers OP was a noted moral theologian, Roman Catholic priest, and member of the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers). He has been especially influential in the renewal of a theological and Christological approach to Christian virtue ethics.
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Anton Durcovici
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- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Anton Durcovici was a Romanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the Bishop of Iași from 1947 until his death. Durcovici was a victim of Romania's Communist regime, under which he was imprisoned; he died while in jail. He was known for being a zealous bishop who visited each parish within the confines of his diocese and known for his efforts in preaching the Gospel to all that he could. He likewise was known for his staunch commitment to the values of the Gospel and for his allegiance to the Church which led to his false arrest and imprisonment at the hands of the communist regime. Durcovici was a professor of seminarians and taught his students subjects such as canon law. His zeal as a priest led to his appointment in Bucharest as a rector for seminarians and his renown in Romania led to his episcopal appointment as a bishop.
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Martin Grabmann
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- historiantheologianuniversity teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Martin Grabmann was a German Roman Catholic priest, medievalist and historian of theology and philosophy. He was a pioneer of the history of medieval philosophy and has been called "the greatest Catholic scholar of his time."
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Carlo Agostini
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- writertheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishoppedagogue
- Biography
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Carlo Agostini was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Venice from 1949 until his death, and died shortly after the announcement for his elevation to the cardinalate in 1952.
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Alexander King Sample
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Alexander King Sample is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon since 2013. Sample previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Marquette in Michigan from 2005 to 2013.
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Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan O.Carm. is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
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Paul Cremona
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- Catholic bishopLatin Catholic priest
- Biography
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Paul Cremona, O.P. was the Archbishop of Malta from 2007 to 2014. He is also a Dominican friar.
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Michael Owen Jackels
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Mons. Michael Owen Jackels is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the metropolitan archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque from 2013 to 2023. He previously served as the bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas. Jackels was consecrated bishop on April 4, 2005.
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Robert Byrne
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Robert Byrne, C.O. is a prelate of the Catholic Church in England. He was the 14th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and the titular bishop of Cuncacestre. He is the first Oratorian to be appointed a bishop in England since 1874.
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Geraldo Lyrio Rocha
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Geraldo Lyrio Rocha was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. He served as bishop of Colatina from 1990 to 2002, archbishop of Vitória da Conquista from 2002 to 2007 and Mariana from 2007 to 2018.
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Anil Couto
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Anil Joseph Thomas Couto is the serving archbishop of the Archdiocese of Delhi.
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Vicente Jiménez Zamora
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- Latin Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Vicente Jiménez Zamora is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Zaragoza from 2014 to 2020. He was Bishop of Osma-Soria from 2004 to 2007 and Bishop of Santander from 2007 to 2014.
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Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo PSS was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest, prelate, and member of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice. Giraldo served as the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiquinquirá from its creation on April 26, 1977, until July 26, 1983, and the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cúcuta from 1983 to 1990. He was then appointed Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán from 1990 to 1997 and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín from February 1997 until his retirement in February 2010. He was also President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia from July 1996 to July 2002.
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Michel Tamarati
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- historian
- Biography
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Michel Tamarati, born Mikhail Tamarashvili, (September 1858 – September 16, 1911) was a Georgian Roman Catholic priest and historian, known for his oft-cited French-language history of the Georgian Christianity L'Eglise géorgienne des origines jusqu' à nos jours published in Rome in 1910. He died while trying to rescue a drowning man in stormy sea near Santa Marinella, Italy.
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Richard John Garcia
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Richard John Garcia was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Monterey in California from 2007 until his death in 2018. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in California from 1998 to 2007
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Francisco de Aquino Correia
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- poetCatholic priestwriterCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Francisco de Aquino Correia was a Brazilian Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was the tenth archbishop of Cuiabá, president (governor) of the state of Mato Grosso from 1918 to 1922, and a leading cultural figure of the state in the early 20th century. Aquino Correia was an accomplished poet and writer and became the first citizen of Mato Grosso native to belong to the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was also one of the founding members of the Mato Grosso Academy of Letters (Academia Mato-grossense de Letras) and the Mato Grosso Historical and Geographical Institute (Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de Mato Grosso).
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Miguel Maury Buendía
- Occupations
- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Miguel Maury Buendía is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. An archbishop since 2008, he has been Apostolic Nuncio to several countries. On 13 April 2023, he was appointed nuncio to Great Britain.
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Manuel Sánchez Cuesta
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- university teacherwriterphilosopher
- Biography
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Manuel Sánchez Cuesta is philosopher, ethicist and humanist.
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Antonio Arregui Yarza
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- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Antonio Arregui Yarza is the Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil Ecuador.
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Louis-Albert Vachon
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- university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Louis-Albert Vachon, was a Canadian educator, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and Archbishop of Quebec.
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Rafael Llano Cifuentes
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Rafael Llano Cifuentes was a Mexican-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate.
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Benjamín de Arriba y Castro
- Occupations
- Latin Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Benjamín de Arriba y Castro was a Catholic cardinal and archbishop.
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Vicente Juan Segura
- Occupations
- diplomatCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Vicente Juan Segura is the former bishop of Ibiza from his episcopal ordination on 14 May 2005 until 18 January 2020. Segura was formerly head of the Spanish section of the Vatican Secretariat of State.
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Marcos G. McGrath
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
- Biography
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Mark Gregory "Marcos Gregorio" McGrath, C.S.C., was an American-Panamanian Catholic prelate and member the Congregation of Holy Cross who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Panamá and was a Council Father of the Second Vatican Council. He advocated for the return of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama and opposed the regime of Manuel Noriega.
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Andreas Franz Frühwirth
- Occupations
- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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Andreas Frühwirth, was an Austrian friar of the Dominican Order. He was promoted to the rank of cardinal of the Catholic Church and served as the Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary.
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David Choby
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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David Raymond Choby was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the 11th bishop of the Diocese of Nashville in Tennessee from 2005 until his death in 2017. He previously served as diocesan administrator for the diocese from 2004 to 2006.
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Michael Duca
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Michael Gerard Duca is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Baton Rouge in Louisiana since his installation on August 24, 2018. He previously served as the bishop of the Diocese of Shreveport in Louisiana from 2008 to 2018.
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Carlo Chiarlo
- Occupations
- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Carlo Chiarlo was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as nuncio to several countries, mostly Latin American, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.
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Tit Liviu Chinezu
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- Romanian Greek-Catholic bishopGreek-Catholic priest
- Biography
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Tit Liviu Chinezu was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church.
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Kenneth Nowakowski
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski is the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London. He was ordained a priest on August 19, 1989 at St. George's Cathedral in Saskatoon, SK and a bishop on July 24, 2007 in Vancouver, BC. On January 15, 2020, he was appointed as bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London.
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Pedro Lombardía
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- juristwriteruniversity teachercanon law jurist
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Pedro Lombardía was a Spanish canonist and pioneer of the Study of State Ecclesiastical Law in Spain. He held the chairs of Canon Law and State Ecclesiastical Law at the University of Navarra and the Complutense University of Madrid.
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Timothy T. O'Donnell
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- 20th Century
- Occupations
- theologian
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Timothy Terrance O'Donnell is an academic and Catholic theologian and the current president of Christendom College, located in Front Royal, Virginia.
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Joseph Clifford Fenton
- Years
- 1906-1969 (aged 63)
- Occupations
- priesttheologianuniversity teacherCatholic theologian
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Joseph Clifford Fenton was a Catholic priest who promoted conservative theology. He was a professor of fundamental dogmatic theology at the Catholic University of America and editor of the American Ecclesiastical Review (1943–1963). A strong opponent of liberal beliefs, he was a significant American Catholic theologian of the 20th century. He served as a peritus for Cardinal Ottaviani at the Second Vatican Council, where his position was overruled. He was also secretary of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
