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His Eminence '''Paul II (Lebedev) of Kazan''' was a hierarch of the [[Church of Russia]] during the nineteenth century. Successively, he was in turn the ruling [[bishop]] of Kishniece and Khotin, [[Exarch]] of Georgia, and Archbishop of Kazan.

==Life==
Born '''Pyotr Vasilyevich Lebedev''' (Пётр Васильевич Лебедев) in [[December 12]], 1827. In 1871, he was assigned as the ruling hierarch in Bessarabia, of the [[Diocese]] of Kishniece and Khotin, where he initiated a campaign of Russification of the local Orthodox population. In 1882, he was transferred to Georgia as the Exarch of Georgia. In 1887, he was transferred to the [[Diocese of Kazan|Eparchy of Kazan]] and Sviyazhsk, trading positions with Abp. [[Palladius (Rayev-Pisarev) of St. Petersburg|Palladius (Rayev-Pisarev)]] as ruling hierarchs.

He died [[April 23]], 1892 during reading the prayer to the Blessed Virgin. He is buried in Kazan.

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{{succession|
before=Anton (Shokotov)|
title=Bishop of Kishniece and Khotin|
years=1871-1882|
after=Sergius (Lapidevsky)}}
{{succession|
before=Joannicius (Rudnev)|
title=Exarch of Georgia|
years=1882-1887|
after=[[Palladius (Rayev-Pisarev) of St. Petersburg|Palladius (Rayev-Pisarev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Palladius (Rayev-Pisarev) of St. Petersburg|Palladius (Rayev-Pisarev)]]|
title=[[List of bishops of the Diocese of Kazan|Archbishop of Kazan]]|
years=1887-1892|
after=Vladimir II (Petrov)}}
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==Sources==
*[http://eng.kazan.eparhia.ru/bishops/  Kazan Diocese: Kazan bishops]
*[[Wikipedia: History_of_Moldova]] 

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Kazan]]
[[Category: Bishops of Kishniece and Khotin]]
[[Category:19th-century bishops]]