Fabijan Abrantovich

Fabijan Abrantovich
龐懷德
Exarch and Apostolic Administrator for Catholics of the Eastern Rite in Manchuria
Native name
Фабія́н Я́навіч Абранто́віч
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseRussian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin
SeeHarbin
Appointed20 May 1928
Term ended1939
PredecessorExarchate erected
SuccessorVendelín Javorka
Orders
OrdinationNovember 9, 1908
Personal details
BornSeptember 14, 1884
DiedJanuary 2, 1946
Butyrka prison, Soviet Union
NationalityBelarusian
DenominationCatholic
Sainthood
Title as SaintServant of God

Fabian Ivanovich Abrantovich (Fabijan Abrantovič; Chinese: 龐懷德, Belarusian: Фабія́н Я́навіч Абранто́віч, Russian: Фабиа́н Ива́нович Абранто́вич, Polish: Fabian Abrantowicz; September 14, 1884 – January 2, 1946) was a prominent religious and civic leader from Belarus. Abrantovich was a significant figure in the struggle for the recognition of the Belarusian language by the Roman Catholic Church, the revival of Catholicism within Belarusian culture, and to the further revival of Belarusian nationalism.