Vinkenti Peev Explained

Type:Vicar Apostolic
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Vinkenti Peev
Vicar Apostolic of Sofia and Plovdiv
Archdiocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv
See:Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv
Appointed:14 October 1916
Term Start:14 October 1916
Predecessor:Archbishop Roberto Menini
Ordination:1897
Birth Date:11 November 1873
Birth Place:Rakovski, Bulgaria
Death Place:Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality:Bulgarian
Vinkenti Peev
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Monsignor
Deathstyle:Bishop

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

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

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Notes and References

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