Lucian Pulvermacher was a traditionalist schismatic Roman Catholic priest and a modern-day antipope. He was the head of the True Catholic Church, a small conclavist group that elected him Pope Pius XIII in Montana in October 1998. At the time of his death, he lived in Springdale, Washington, United States.
Bilbeis is an ancient fortress city on the eastern edge of the southern Nile Delta in Egypt, the site of the ancient city and former bishopric of Phelbes and a Latin Catholic titular see.
Herceg Novi is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 inhabitants. The town was founded as a fortress in 1382 by the King of Bosnia, Tvrtko I Kotromanić, and named after Saint Stephen but the name did not stick, instead it became known as Novi (transl. New), also Castelnuovo in Italian. Between 1482 and 1687 it was part of the Ottoman Empire and then from 1687 to 1797 the Albania Veneta of the Republic of Venice. It was a Catholic bishopric and remains a Latin titular see as Novi. Herceg Novi has had a turbulent past, despite being one of the youngest settlements on the Adriatic. A history of varied occupations has created a blend of diverse and picturesque architectural style in the city.
Marga is a term in Batak societies referring to a clan name. The term is derived either from the Sanskrit varga, meaning company, party, or group, or, more likely, from the Sanskrit marga, meaning 'road, way or path', referring to a people of 'one origin'.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lahore is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in Punjab province, Pakistan.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Morocco. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rabat on July 2, 1923, by Pope Pius XI, and promoted to the rank of an archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on September 14, 1955.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medan is an archdiocese located in the city of Medan in Sumatra in Indonesia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Padang is a diocese located in the city of Padang in the ecclesiastical province of Medan in Indonesia.
Ignatius Cardinal Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo is an Indonesian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Jakarta since 2010, after serving as Archbishop of Semarang from 1997 to 2009. He is commonly known as Archbishop Suharyo.
The Bishops' Conference of Indonesia is the episcopal conference of the Catholic bishops of Indonesia. It was constituted in November 1955, in Surabaya with the name Supreme Council of Indonesian Bishops KWI is a part of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.
Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, was the Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sibolga and then Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Medan from 2009 to 2018.
Samuel Oton Sidin is the Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop of Diocese of Sintang, being appointed in 2017.
Kornelius Sipayung, is the Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medan.
Paskalis Bruno Syukur O.F.M. is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
Aloysius Sudarso S.C.J. is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
Martinus Dogma Situmorang OFMCap was an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
Giovanni Battista Tirinanzi OFM Cap. was an Italian Bishop and Missionary who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Arabia from 2 July 1937 to 21 October 1948 as well as the Titular Bishopof Gaza.
