Nikolai Ivanovich von Bock ( November 13, 1880 , St. Petersburg - February 27, 1962 ), New York - Russian diplomat , university lecturer in Takaoka , Japan and New York , USA ; Catholic priest , Jesuit of the Byzantine rite , rector of the Russian Catholic parish of Fatima Mother of God in California , employee of the Vladimir Solovyov Russian Center at Fordam University in New York , member of the Russian Apostolate .
| Nikolai Ivanovich von Bock | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | November 13, 1880 |
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg |
| Date of death | February 27, 1962 (81 year) |
| Place of death | New York |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire |
| Occupation | Russian diplomat in the Vatican  Vatican University Teacher in Takaoka  Japan and New York , hieromonk sj , rector of the Russian Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Fatima in California , an employee of the Russian Solovyov Russian Center at Ford University in New York,  USA , member of the Russian Apostle |
| Father | Ivan Ivanovich von Bock |
| Mother | Natalya Vasilievna von Bock nee Kossovich |
| Spouse | Svetlana von Bok nee Tairova, second marriage - Lucy Ivanovna von Bock |
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Biography
Born in St. Petersburg in the family of a Russian diplomat Ivan Ivanovich von Bock, a graduate of St. Peter’s Main German School in 1899 and the Imperial University of St. Petersburg in 1903, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire , since 1912 - mission secretary in the Vatican , in 1916-1917 - the charge d'affaires of this mission.
After 1917, he stayed in Italy , was chairman of the Committee for Assistance to Russian Refugees, from 1924 he lived in Paris , in 1925 he converted to Catholicism , in 1931 he moved to Japan , he taught at Takaoka University, from 1943 he lived in Kobe . Widowed, in 1945 he entered the Jesuits Order .
In 1948, he was ordained a priest , was appointed abbot of the Russian Catholic parish of Our Lady of Fatima in California , and later worked at the Vladimir Solovyov Russian Center at Fordham University in New York (Russian Center Fordham University. New York, 58).
In 1950 he participated in the Congress of the Russian Catholic clergy in Rome .
Family
Brother Boris Ivanovich von Bock - Captain I rank, married to Mariya Petrovna, daughter of P.A. Stolypin . [one]
Proceedings
- Osmidnye spiritual exercises. New York : Publication of the Russian Center at Forda University, 1953.
- Russia and the Vatican on the eve of the revolution: Memoirs of a diplomat. New York : Publication of the Russian Center at Ford University, 1962.
Notes
- ↑ Foster L. The American descendant of Stolypin // Russian Bulletin, 26.3.2008.
Links
- Nikolai Ivanovich Bok
- Kolupaev V.E. Hieromonk Nikolay Bok // RELIGIOUS WORKERS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN
- Kolupaev V. Ye . THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES OF THE BYZANTINE CEREMONY AND THE RUSSIAN DIASPORA
- O. Bok Nikolay (1878-1962)
- Site of the Parish of the Fatima Virgin Mary, California
- Golovanov S.V. Biographical guide of figures of the Russian Catholic Apostolate in emigration 1917-1991.