100 Notable alumni of
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
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The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas is 555th in the world, 210th 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
- Occupations
- authorautobiographerarchbishopprofessorpolitician
- Biography
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Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century, as well as the third-longest-serving pope in history, after St. Peter and Pius IX.
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Leo XIV
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- In 1984 graduated with Licentiate of Canon Law
- In 1987 graduated with Doctor of Canon Law
- Occupations
- friarprefectmathematicianCatholic bishopCatholic missionary
- Biography
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Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenships, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second (after his immediate predecessor Pope Francis) from the Americas.
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Fulton J. Sheen
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- television presenterradio personalityCatholic priesttheologianessayist
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Fulton John Sheen was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Rochester from 1966 to 1969. He was known for his preaching, especially on television and radio.
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Kevin Farrell
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- Latin Catholic priestphilosopherLegionary of ChristCatholic bishopmissionary
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Kevin Joseph Farrell is an Irish-born American Catholic prelate who has served as the prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life since 2016, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church since 2019, and president of the Supreme Court of Vatican City since 2024. He served as the regent of Vatican City after the death of Pope Francis on 21 April 2025, and held these interim duties until Leo XIV was elected as pope on 8 May.
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Konrad Krajewski
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Konrad Krajewski is a Polish Catholic prelate who has served as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity since 2013. He served as Papal Master of Ceremonies from 1998 to 2013. In 2013, he was appointed as Papal Almoner to coordinate the charitable concerns of Pope Francis and lead the Office of Papal Charities; this became the Dicastery for the Service of Charity with the apostolic constitution Praedicate evangelium in June 2022. Pope Francis created Krajewski a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
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Marc Ouellet
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- university teacherCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Marc Armand Ouellet PSS is a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America from 2010 to 2023. He is a member of the Sulpicians.
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Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Graduated with Dr. phil.
- Occupations
- socialiteracing automobile driver
- Biography
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Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, is a German aristocrat, businessman and race car driver. He has been listed as the world's youngest billionaire many times since his father's death in 1990, first appearing on the list when he was eight years old.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk
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- Catholic archbishopCatholic deacontheologianGreek-Catholic priesttransitional deacon
- Biography
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Sviatoslav Yuriyovych 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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Donald Wuerl
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Donald William Wuerl is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Washington from 2006 to 2018. He previously served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle (1986 to 1987) and Bishop of Pittsburgh (1988 to 2006). Pope Benedict XVI made him a cardinal in 2010.
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Timothy M. Dolan
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- Catholic priesttheologianchurch historianuniversity teacherCatholic deacon
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Timothy Michael Dolan is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 2009 to 2025. Dolan served as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) from 2010 to 2013. Dolan was rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome from 1994 to 2001, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis from 2001 to 2002, and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee from 2002 to 2009. Dolan was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.
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Wim Eijk
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- Latin Catholic priesttheologianprofessorCatholic bishopphysician
- Biography
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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 medical doctor; as a priest he made medical ethics the focus of his academic studies. He has done his doctoral studies in medicine and philosophy, and also holds a licentiate in theology.
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Jean-Marie Villot
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopdiplomatCatholic deacon
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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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Mario Grech
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Mario Grech is a Maltese Catholic prelate who has served as Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops since 2020. He was previously Bishop of Gozo from 2005 to 2019 and Pro-Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops from 2019 to 2020. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 28 November 2020.
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Józef Maria Bocheński
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- theologianmathematicianphilosopher
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Józef Maria Bocheński or Innocentius Bochenski was a Polish Dominican, logician and philosopher.
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Baselios Cleemis
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priesttransitional deacon
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Baselios Cleemis is the current Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.
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Javier Echevarría Rodríguez
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- Latin Catholic priestlawyerjuristCatholic bishopOpus Dei priest
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Javier Echevarría Rodríguez was a Spanish Catholic bishop who served as the head of Opus Dei from 1994 until his death. He held doctorates in both civil and canon law.
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Edwin Frederick O'Brien
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- theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Edwin Frederick O'Brien is an American Catholic who headed the Order of the Holy Sepulchre from 2011 to 2019. He previously served as archbishop of Baltimore in Maryland from 2007 to 2011 and as Archbishop of the Military Services, USA, in Washington, D.C. from 1997 to 2007. He was an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of New York from 1996 to 1997. O'Brien was made a cardinal in 2012.
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Mieczysław Mokrzycki
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Mieczysław Mokrzycki is a Polish-born Catholic prelate, currently serving as the archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in Ukraine.
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Alfonso López Trujillo
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- theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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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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Dominique Pire
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- theologianpriestresistance 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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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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João Scognamiglio Clá Dias
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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João Scognamiglio Clá Dias was a Brazilian Catholic priest and religious writer who founded of the Heralds of the Gospel in was their superior general until his resignation in 2017. Dias joined the Marian Congregation of the Third Carmelite Order in 1956, and was ordained a priest in 2004. He was also the honorary canon of the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. He died in 2024 at the age of 85.
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Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez is a Dominican Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santo Domingo from 1981 to 2016. He was made a cardinal in 1991.
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Paolo Pezzi
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- university teacherCatholic bishopCatholic priest
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Paolo Pezzi, FSCB, also known as Pavel Pezzi, is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as the Latin Archbishop of Moscow since 2007. He is a member of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo.
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Adrianus Johannes Simonis
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishoptheologianCatholic deacon
- Biography
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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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Eduardo Francisco Pironio
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopuniversity teachertheologian
- 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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Álvaro Corcuera
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- Catholic priestLegionary of Christ
- 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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Ernesto Ruffini
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- theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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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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Wojciech Giertych
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacher
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Wojciech Giertych O.P. 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, Pope Francis, and Pope Leo XIV.
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Johannes Willebrands
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- theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- 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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Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopphilosopheruniversity teacher
- Biography
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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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Bernardito Auza
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- Latin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Bernardito Cleopas Auza is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the current Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union, appointed to that position on 22 March 2025. 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. He is a member of the Priestly Fraternities of Saint Dominic.
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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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Julián Herranz Casado
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- university teacherCatholic priestphysician
- 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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Georges Cottier
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- Catholic priestfriaruniversity teachertheologian
- Biography
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Georges Marie Martin Cottier OP was a Swiss Catholic prelate who served as Theologian of the Pontifical Household under Pope John Paul II from 1990 to 2005, after a career as a theologian and teacher. He was a member of the Dominicans and was made a cardinal in 2003.
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John Patrick Foley
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- Catholic priestCatholic deacon
- 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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Sebastian Francis
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Dato' Seri Sebastian Francis is a Malaysian Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Penang since 2011. Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of cardinal in 2023. He is the second cardinal from Malaysia, after Anthony Soter Fernandez.
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James Aloysius Hickey
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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James Aloysius Hickey was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Washington from 1980 to 2000, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988. Hickey previously served as Bishop of Cleveland from 1974 to 1980.
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Zbigniew Kiernikowski
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- 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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Dominique Lebrun
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- association football refereeCatholic bishoplawyerCatholic priesttheologian
- 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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Gintaras Grušas
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priestuniversity teachertheologianmathematician
- Biography
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Gintaras Grušas is a Lithuanian-American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Vilnius since 2013. He was previously Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Lithuania from 2010 to 2013.
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Fernando Sebastián Aguilar
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- Latin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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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 elevated him to the rank of cardinal in a consistory on February 22, 2014.
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Velasio de Paolis
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- university teacherCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- 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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Angelo Vincenzo Zani
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- university teacherCatholic priesttheologianphilosopherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Angelo Vincenzo Zani is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from September 2022 to March 2025. 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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Johannes de Jong
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopresistance fightertheologian
- 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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Mieczysław Maliński
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- poetwriterCatholic priesttheologianopinion journalist
- Biography
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Mieczysław Maliński was a Polish Catholic priest, theologian and writer.
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Kevin Vann
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- 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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Gilberto Agustoni
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- theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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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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Jose S. Palma
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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José Serofia Palma O.P. is a Filipino prelate and a professed member of the Dominican Order who served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu from 2011 to 2025. He had previously served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palo in Leyte from 2006 to 2010, and as president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines from 2011 to 2013.
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Varkey Vithayathil
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacher
- 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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Gilles Wach
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Gilles Wach is a French Roman Catholic priest, co-founder and Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, a society of apostolic life of pontifical right.
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Fortunatus Nwachukwu
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- Catholic bishopwriterCatholic 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 Sciacca
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- Catholic priesttheologianjuristuniversity teacherjudge
- 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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Giuseppe Girotti
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- Catholic priestbiblical scholarmonktheologian
- Biography
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Giuseppe Girotti, OP was an Italian Dominican priest who was a biblical scholar and a professor of theology. During World War II, he worked to aid Jewish people amid the Nazi Holocaust. Girotti 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 priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Paul Dennis Étienne is an American Catholic prelate who has served as archbishop of Seattle in Washington State since 2019. He previously served as bishop of Cheyenne in Wyoming from 2009 to 2016 and archbishop of Anchorage in Alaska from 2016 to 2019.
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José Raúl Vera López
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- human rights defenderCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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José Raúl Vera López is a Mexican friar of the Dominican Order. He was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo from 2000 to 2020. 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 deaconCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- 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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Aloysius Ambrozic
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopuniversity teachertheologian
- Biography
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Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic was a Slovene Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Toronto from 1990 to 2007. He was made a cardinal in 1998.
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José Bueno y Monreal
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- Latin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- 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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Hugo Zepeda Coll
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Hugo Zepeda Coll is a Chilean lawyer, theologian, former priest, university professor and politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile from 1961 to 1969, representing the Liberal Party. He has also been a frequent presence on Chilean television.
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J. Peter Sartain
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic theologianarchbishop
- 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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Jerome Edward Listecki
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Jerome Edward Listecki is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the eleventh archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee from 2010 to 2025.
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II. Mesrob Mutafyan
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- presbyter
- Biography
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Archbishop Mesrob II Mutafyan, or Mutafian, also known as Mesrop Mutafyan in Eastern Armenian transliteration (16 June 1956 – 8 March 2019), was the 84th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople. The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the four Sees of Armenian Apostolic Church (the other three being Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Holy See of Cilicia and the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem) and has an autocephalous status, accepting, on the other hand, spiritual supremacy of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians in Holy Echmiadzin.
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Giovanni Battista de' Rossi
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- presbyter
- 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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Alexander King Sample
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Alexander King Sample is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Portland since 2013. He previously served as Bishop of Marquette from 2005 to 2013.
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Pedro López Quintana
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- diplomatCatholic bishopCatholic 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 priestCatholic bishop
- 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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Paul Cremona
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- Latin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Paul Cremona OP was a Maltese Roman Catholic prelate who was the Archbishop of Malta from 2007 to 2014. He was also a Dominican friar.
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Leonard Paul Blair
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Leonard Paul Blair is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut from December 2013 to May 2024.
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Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan O.Carm. is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
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Miguel Maury Buendía
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- 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 as nuncio to Great Britain.
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Servais-Théodore Pinckaers
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- university teacherCatholic priesttheologianwriterphilosopher
- Biography
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Servais-Théodore Pinckaers OP was a noted moral theologian and Dominican priest. 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 bishopCatholic priest
- 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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Carlos Azpiroz Costa
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- Catholic priestfriarCatholic 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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Martin Grabmann
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- historianphilosopheruniversity teachertheologian
- 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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Anil Joseph Thomas Couto
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Anil Joseph Thomas Couto is the serving archbishop of the Archdiocese of Delhi.
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Carlo Agostini
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- Catholic priesttheologianwriterpedagogueCatholic bishop
- 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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Teodor Kubina
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priestjournalist
- Biography
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Teodor Filip Kubina was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Częstochowa.
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Robert Byrne
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- 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 titular bishop of Cuncacestre and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. He is the first Oratorian to be appointed a bishop in England since 1874.
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Vicente Jiménez Zamora
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- Catholic priestLatin Catholic bishop
- 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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Michael Owen Jackels
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Michael Owen Jackels is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dubuque from 2013 to 2023. He previously served as Bishop of Wichita from 2005 to 2013.
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Manuel Ureña Pastor
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- In 1984 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- bishopCatholic priestuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Manuel Ureña Pastor is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who became a bishop in 1988 and served as ordinary in Ibiza, Alcalá de Henares, and Cartagena before becoming Archbishop of Zaragoza, the position he held from 2005 until he retired in 2014. He resigned citing health problems, though later reports demonstrated his mishandling of a charge of harassment against one of his priests.
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Geraldo Lyrio Rocha
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- 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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Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín
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- Catholic bishoplawyerCatholic priest
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Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, was archbishop of Guayaquil for ten years, and the first member of the prelature of Opus Dei in Ecuador. He was also a distinguished lawyer, frequently consulted about Ecuadorian Civil law and the author of more than 60 books about jurisprudence.
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Michel Tamarati
- Occupations
- historianreligious leaderexplorer
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Michel Tamarati was a Georgian Catholic priest and historian. He is 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 in 1911 while trying to rescue a drowning man in a stormy sea near Santa Marinella, Italy.
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Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- 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 Diocese of Chiquinquirá from its creation on April 26, 1977, until July 26, 1983, and the Bishop of the Diocese of Cúcuta from 1983 to 1990. He was then appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Popayán from 1990 to 1997 and Archbishop of the 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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Marcos G. McGrath
- Occupations
- Catholic deaconCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Mark Gregory "Marcos Gregorio" McGrath, CSC, was an American-Panamanian Catholic prelate and priest of 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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Francisco de Aquino Correia
- Occupations
- Catholic priestpoetCatholic bishopwriter
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Francisco de Aquino Correia was a Brazilian Catholic prelate, 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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Vicente Juan Segura
- Occupations
- diplomatCatholic bishopCatholic priest
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Vicente Juan Segura was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who was bishop of Ibiza from his episcopal ordination on 14 May 2005 until 18 January 2020 and auxiliary bishop of Valencia from 18 January 2020 until his resignation on 25 February 2023. Juan Segura was also head of the Spanish section of the Vatican Secretariat of State.
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Rafael Llano Cifuentes
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Graduated with Doctor of Canon Law
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Rafael Llano Cifuentes was a Mexican-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate.
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Richard John Garcia
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- 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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Andrew H. Cozzens
- Occupations
- Catholic deaconCatholic bishopCatholic priest
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Andrew Harmon Cozzens is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Crookston since 2021. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis from 2013 to 2021.
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Antonio Arregui Yarza
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- theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
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Antonio Arregui Yarza was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate who was the Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
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Manuel Sánchez Cuesta
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosopherwriter
- Biography
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Manuel Sánchez Cuesta is philosopher, ethicist and humanist.
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Louis-Albert Vachon
- Occupations
- university teacherCatholic bishopCatholic priest
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Louis-Albert Vachon, CC OQ was a Canadian educator, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and Archbishop of Quebec.
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Benjamín de Arriba y Castro
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- Catholic priestLatin Catholic bishop
- Biography
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Benjamín de Arriba y Castro was a Spanish Catholic cardinal and archbishop.
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Michael Duca
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- 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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Andreas Franz Frühwirth
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- Catholic priestfriarCatholic bishoptheologian
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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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Paul Martin
- Occupations
- Catholic deaconCatholic bishopCatholic priest
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Paul Gerard Martin SM is a New Zealand prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as the seventh Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington and eighth ordinary of the see of Wellington, since 4 May 2023 (having served as coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington from January 2021 until he succeeded to the see). From March 2018 until January 2021, he was the tenth Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand and its Apostolic Administrator from January 2021 until May 2022.
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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.
