Samuel Dzhundrin
Samuel Dzhundrin | |
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| Born | 20 April 1920 Catholic priest |
Samuel Dzhundrin (26 April 1920 – 19 March 1998) was a
Roman Catholic priest, an Augustinian friar and bishop of Nikopol, Bulgaria
.
Early life
Dzhundrin was born in what is now the town of
novitiate under the Augustino-Assumptionist Fathers in the city of Nozeroy. From 1940 to 1944 he studied philosophy and theology. For health reasons, he moved to and continued his education in Lyon
, where he received his priestly ordination on 4 June 1944.
Career
In 1947 he returned to Bulgaria to teach in St. Augustine college in
parish priest of the villages Bardarski Geran and Bregare
.
Father Assen was put on trial in 1952 and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Father Dzhundrin returned to Plovdiv with him. Assen served his sentence in camps at
Cardinals Duraysami Lourdusami Simon and Eduardo Martinez Somaly
. For 15 years he managed the diocese, until he retired in 1994 due to health issues. He lived for a year with his fellow-Augustino Assumptionist Fathers, then returned to the Diocese of Nikopol, and finally again to Plovdiv. He died suddenly on 19 March 1998.
References
- "Bulgarian Catholics are coming in from the cold". Catholic Herald. April 10, 1981. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
- "Catholics in Bulgaria" (PDF). 1984. Retrieved January 9, 2012.