Vladimir Abrikosov

Vladimir Abrikosov (1880-1966) was a Catholic  priest  of  Byzantine  rite converted from Russian Orthodoxy. Converted in 1909  together his wife Anna, Abrikosov was ordained a Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite by Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan  Andrey Sheptytsky  in  1917. Abrikosov was arrested and sentenced to death, but his sentence was changed to perpetual exile in 1922  and in the same year obtained an audience with Pope Pius XI for discussing the situation of the  Russian Catholic Church. Soon after Father Abrikosov was recognized an official member of the Congregation for Eastern Churches and procurator of the Russian Exarchate. However, Abrikosov faced accusations of being an Russian spy by a Russian officer, Baron Igor' von der Launitz and a strong opposition of Michel d'Herbigny who wanted Abrikosov's resignation of his position inside Roman Curia. After Launitz's extradition from Italy  Abrikosov continuated his mission up to Herbigny's intention to abolish Russian Exarchate when left  Rome  to establish himself in  Paris. Abrikosov died on July 22, 1966.

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