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Biography

Carolus Polodig was born in Svitavy on 29 October 1671 and ordained a priest in the

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. On 23 December 1713, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Vicar Apostolic of Izmir and

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, and Giovanni Francesco Nicolai,

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of ''Berytus'', and Silvius de Cavalieri,

of ''Athenae'', serving as co-consecrators. He served as Vicar Apostolic of Izmir until his death on 7 July 1714.

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18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Ottoman Empire Bishops appointed by Pope Clement XI 1671 births 1714 deaths Discalced Carmelite bishops {{RC-bishop-stub