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Thomas John Joseph Paprocki (born August 5, 1952) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois since 2010. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois from 2003 to 2010.
Wacław Paprocki (died 1643) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (1639–1643) and Titular Bishop of Margarita (1639–1643). [ 1 ] Biography
The next bishop of Springfield was Bishop Joseph McNicholas, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, appointed by Pope Paul VI in 1975. He hosted the first Midwest Regional Meeting of the St. Vincent de Paul Society to be held in downstate Illinois, and in 1978 appointed the first nun to the position of superintendent of Catholic ...
The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Philadelphia is written "IV Philadelphia". Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. Titular sees are not listed. Under consecrators are the numbers (or letters ...
John (Bērziņš), Bishop of Caracas and South America; Irenei (Steenberg), Bishop of London and Western Europe; Theodosius (Ivashchenko), Bishop of Seattle, vicar of the Western American Diocese; Luke (Murianka), Bishop of Syracuse, vicar of the Eastern American Diocese; Alexander (Echevaria), Bishop of Vevey, vicar of the Western European Diocese
Bartosz Paprocki: Herby rycerstwa polskiego na pięcioro ksiąg rozdzielone, Kraków, 1584. Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. ISBN 978-83-60597-10-1. Alfred Znamierowski: Herbarz rodowy. Warszawa: Świat Książki, 2004.
Paprocki (feminine: Paprocka; plural: Paproccy) is a Polish locational surname, which originally meant a person from one of the places called Paproć, Paprotki, Paprotno or Paproty in Poland. [ 1 ] paproć is Polish for fern , so Paprocki may also be a topographic name for a resident of a location where many ferns grew. [ 1 ]
Paprocki in O herbach, added that Piotr Brevis was a Jastrzebczyk. Silesian Bishop Jan of Wrocław was the first Pole to ascend the episcopacy, inasmuch as only Italians had held the position before. Bishop Jan of Wrocław elected in 1062, presided for 10 years, and died in 1072.