His Excellency Eduard von der Ropp | |
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| Archbishop of Mohilev | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Mohilev |
| Appointed | 25 July 1917 |
| In office | 1917-1939 |
| Predecessor | Wincenty Kluczyński |
| Successor | Boļeslavs Sloskāns |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Tiraspol (1902–1903) Bishop of Vilnius (1903–1917) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2 August 1886 |
| Consecration | 16 November 1902 by Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski |
| Rank | Metropolitan Archbishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 15, 1851 |
| Died | July 25, 1939 (aged 87) Poznań, Poland |
| Buried | Poznań Cathedral |
| Nationality | Latvian |
Eduard Michael Johann Maria Freiherr[1] von der Ropp (1851–1939) was a Polish[2] nobleman of Baltic German origins and Roman Catholic metropolitan archbishop. He was born 14 December 1851 near Līksna in present-day Latvia[3] and died on 25 July 1939 in Poznań, Poland.[4]
- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
- ^ "Kurier Litewski", no. 101 (19 April 1915)
- ^ Jānis Svilāns and Alberts Budže (2008), Latvijas Romas Katoļu Priesteri, I, p. 229, ISBN 978-9984-29-152-9
- ^ Necrologio, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 31 (1939), p. 332