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Vinkenti Peev

Vinkenti Peev

Bulgarian Catholic priest (1873–1941)


Vinkenti Peev (Bulgarian: Винкенти Пеев) was a Bulgarian Catholic priest, Capuchin friar and Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv.

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Life

Peev was born on 11 November 1873 in the Bulgarian town of Baltadzhii (today Rakovski). In 1897 he was ordained as a priest. On 13 December 1912 he was appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Sofia and Plovdiv and Titular Bishop of Lyrbe. On 3 February 1913 he was consecrated a bishop.[1] He succeeded Archbishop Roberto Menini on 14 October 1916 as Vicar Apostolic of Sofia and Plovdiv.[1][2]

Bishop Peev died on 2 March 1941 in Sofia.[1]


References

  1. "Bishop Cletus Vincent Pejov (Peef) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. "Archbishop Roberto Menini [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-02-18.



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