Boļeslavs Sloskāns
Boļeslavs Sloskāns (Belarusian: Баляслаў Слосканс, 1893-1981) was a Latvian Roman Catholic bishop and a survivor and memoirist of the Soviet Gulag.
His Excellency Boļeslavs Sloskāns | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 21 January 1917 by Jan Cieplak |
| Consecration | 10 May 1926 by Michel d'Herbigny |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 31, 1893 Stirniene, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Latvia) |
| Died | April 17, 1981 (aged 87) Leuven, Belgium |
| Buried | Basilica of the Assumption, Aglona |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Motto | Hostia pro Fratribus |
| Coat of arms | |
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