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His Eminence '''Pavel 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.

Little is known of the life of Abp. PavelBorn '''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. [[Pallady Palladius (RaevRayev-Pisarev) of St. Petersburg|Pallady Palladius (RaevRayev-Pisarev)]] as ruling hierarchs. He remained with the Kazan [[see]] until 1892.

The date of his repose He died [[April 23]], 1892 during reading the prayer to the Blessed Virgin. He is unknownburied in Kazan.

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