• Leo Peter Kierkels (1882–1957) was a Catholic archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See. Kierkels was born in Baexem, Netherlands on 12 December 1882. He...
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  • January 1926 – 30 March 1931) Leo Peter Kierkels, CP (23 March 1931 – 12 June 1948) Apostolic Internuncios Leo Peter Kierkels, CP (12 June 1948 – 29 June...
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  • Diplomatic posts Preceded by Leo Peter Kierkels, CP Apostolic Nuncio to India 3 December 1952 – 1 Jan 1957 Succeeded by James Knox...
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    Edward Aloysius Mooney (category Knights of Peter Claver & Ladies Auxiliary)
    his tenure in Rochester, he promoted Catholic Action and the Knights of Peter Claver as a means of outreach to the African American community, and took...
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  • received his episcopal consecration on March 7, 1946 from Archbishop Leo Kierkels, with Bishops Edmund Peiris, OMI, and Bernardo Regno, OSB, serving as...
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    Robinson 24 May 1927 Giovanni Battista Dellepiane 30 November 1929 Olaf Offerdahl 6 April 1930 Carlo Salotti 6 July 1930 Leo Peter Kierkels 26 April 1931...
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    Acheparchy of Ernakulam. The then apostolic nuncio to India, Archbishop Leo P. Kierkels, installed Sebastian Vayalil as the first bishop of the new eparchy...
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