Ferdinand Helanus Kahn
Ferdinand Helanus Kahn OP (born August 17, 1788 in Galicia ; † October 6, July / October 18, 1864 greg. In Saratov ) was an Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman and the first bishop of Kherson / Tiraspol in the Russian Empire .
Kahn made his profession among the Dominicans on May 24, 1810 . On 19 December 1814 he became a deacon , and on 13 May 1815 priests ordained . From 1827 he worked in Riga . On May 20, 1850 he was appointed the first bishop of Kherson in Moldova . On November 10th of the same year Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski , Archbishop of Mohilev , with the assistance of Ignacy Hołowiński , coadjutor of Mohilev, and Kaspar Jastrzębeic Borowski, Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr , consecrated him as bishop in St. Catherine in Saint Petersburg . In 1852 the name of the diocese was changed to Tiraspol. After his death, the diocese was not occupied for 8 years due to resistance from the Russian government. In 1872 Franz Xaver von Zottmann was his successor.
Individual evidence
- ↑ lexikon.wolgadeutsche.net (Russian)
- ^ Bishop Ferdinando Elano Kahn. Catholic-Hierarchy, accessed January 3, 2019 .
- ^ Diocese of Tiraspol. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kahn, Ferdinand Helanus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kahn, Ferdinando Elano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1864 |
| Place of death | Saratov |