Boļeslavs Sloskāns
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Boļeslavs Sloskāns (Belarusian: Баляслаў Слосканс, 1893-1981) was a Latvian Roman Catholic bishop and a survivor and memoirist of the Soviet Gulag.
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His Excellency Boļeslavs Sloskāns | |
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Apostolic Administrator of Minsk Apostolic Administrator of Mohilev | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
See | Titular See of Cillium |
Appointed | 13 August 1926 |
In office | 1926–1981 |
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Cillium |
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Ordination | 21 January 1917 by Jan Cieplak |
Consecration | 10 May 1926 by Michel d'Herbigny |
Rank | Bishop |
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Born | (1893-08-31)August 31, 1893 |
Died | April 17, 1981(1981-04-17) (aged 87) Leuven, Belgium |
Buried | Basilica of the Assumption, Aglona |
Nationality | Latvian |
Motto | Hostia pro Fratribus |
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