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Was Bishop of Chelmno 1736–39, Bishop of Kujawy 1739–41, Prince-Bishop of Warmia 1741–66.In 17

Was Bishop of Chelmno 1736–39, Bishop of Kujawy 1739–41, Prince-Bishop of Warmia 1741–66.In 1730 Grabowski took holy orders and, as a trusted associate of Chancellor Jan Aleksander (?) Lipski, quickly accumulated lucrative benefices. He received canonicates in Lwów and Wloclawek, a deanery in Chelmno, and presbyteries in Jaworowo, Skaryszew and Tujce. In 1733 he became the Poznan suffragan.During the 1733–34 interregnum, Grabowski backed August III, later taking part in his coronation. In 1734 he worked to win the Royal Prussia szlachta (nobility) for August III, then was the king's envoy to Rome, where he obtained Pope Clement XIII's support for August III's election as King of Poland.

Was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa.On March 6, 1871 he was appointed coadjucator Bishop of Fun

Was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa.On March 6, 1871 he was appointed coadjucator Bishop of Funchal, a diocese in Portugal, and on May 7, 1871 he was ordained as such. On October 27, 1872, he succeeded as Bishop of Funchal, after the death of the pre

Was a political activist and Bishop of Kraków.In 1882, he ordained Brother Raphael Kalinowski as a

Was a political activist and Bishop of Kraków.In 1882, he ordained Brother Raphael Kalinowski as a Priest of the Discalced Carmelite Order. Father Raphael was later canonized in 1991 by Pope John Paul II.

Was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death. Du

Was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death. During his tenure, he led the Church through two world wars and seven political regimes: Austrian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Soviet, German National Socialist (Nazi), and again Soviet. According to the historian Jaroslav Pelikan, "Arguably, Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytsky was the most influential figure… in the entire history of the Ukrainian Church in the twentieth century."

Is President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and a Cardinal of the Roma

Is President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.He was the secretary general of the very important post-war Polish student organization called "Bratniak". He entered the seminary in Kraków and was ordained a priest on 20 August 1950. He obtained a doctorate in theology from the University of Freiburg and, after two years of pastoral activity and study in France and Switzerland, in September 1952, he was called to Rome to work in the Secretariat of State. During this period he served as undersecretary of the Pontifical Commission for Cinematography, Radio and Television (1954-1964),

Was the one hundredth Archbishop of Canterbury. He was appointed on 31 May 1961, and was in office f

Was the one hundredth Archbishop of Canterbury. He was appointed on 31 May 1961, and was in office from June 1961 to 1974.Michael Ramsey was born in Cambridge. His father was a Congregationalist and mathematician, and his mother was a socialist and suffragette. He was educated at Repton School, where the headmaster was the future Archbishop Geoffrey Francis Fisher and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge Union Society and where his support of the Liberal Party won him praise from Herbert Asquith. During this time he came under the influence of the Anglo-Catholic dean of Corpus Christi College, Edwyn Clement Hoskyns. On the advice of Eric Milner-White he trained at Cuddesdon, where he became friends with Austin Farrer and was introduced to Orthodox Christian ideas by Derwas Chitty. He was ordained in 1928. He then became a curate in Liverpool, where he was influenced by Charles Raven.

Is a Lithuanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of Vilnius,

Is a Lithuanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of Vilnius, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. Audrys Backis was born in Kaunas to a family who fled to Western Europe following the Soviet occupation during