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Edward Gierek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɛdvart ˈɡʲɛrɛk]; January 6 1913 – July 29 2001) was a Polish Communist politician. Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as First Secretary of the ruling Polish United […]

Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Смысло́в; 24 March 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. […]

Saint Christopher (Greek: Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος Ágios Christóforos) is venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman Emperor Decius (reigned 249–251) or alternatively […]

Richard Luke Concanen O.P. (December 27 1747 – June 19 1810) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of New York (1808–1810).Concanen was […]

John McCloskey (March 10 1810 – October 10 1885) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of New York from 1864 until his death in […]

John Joseph Hughes (June 24 1797 – January 3 1864) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He was the fourth Bishop and first […]

Michael Augustine Corrigan (August 13 1839 – May 5 1902) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third archbishop of New York from 1885 […]

Patrick Joseph Hayes (November 20 1867 – September 4 1938) was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1919 until his […]

John Murphy Farley (April 20 1842 – September 17 1918) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1902 until his […]

Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4 1889 – December 2 1967) was an American archbishop of the Catholic Church. He was the sixth Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967 […]