According to information received very recently, His   
Excellency the lost Rev. Edward Profittlich, Titular Archbishop of   
Adrianopolts, Apostolic Administrator in Esthonia, was subjected, June   
28, 1941, to a minute search and then deported together with other   
          persons, of rank, to the Ural Mountains.          
 
                                                            
 
 
If a considerate and timely intervention could be made in favor of His   
Excellency Mons. Profitfilch, in order that he be released from the   
discomforts of deportation and given his liberty, it would be greatly   
                        appreciated.                        
 
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   Personal data regarding H.E. Mons. Edward Profittlich.   
 
                                                            
 
 
Mons. Profittlich, of German origin (born in 1890 at Birresdorf) had   
been exercising the sacred ministry in Esthonia since 1930. In 1931 he   
was named Apostolic Administrator and in 1935, for the sole purpose of   
increasing his usefullness to the Church, he requested and obtained   
Esthonian Citizenship. In 1936 he was consecrated Titular Archbishop  
                      of Adrianopolis.                      
 
                                                            
 
 
His labors to further the progress of Catholicism in  
Esthonia were indefatigable and his work was regarded with  
    sympathy and approval even in governmental circles.     
 
                                                            
 
 
Last year after the occupation ef Esthonia by Russian troops, although he   
could have left the country, he insisted upon remaining at his post of   
labor and responsibility, solely to offer assistance and spiritual comfort   
                      to the faithful.                      
 
                   September 20th, 1941.