Albertus Odoricus Timmer Explained

Type:Bishop
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Term Start:1901
Term End:1927
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Predecessor:Giovanni Antonio Hofman
Successor:Fortunato Antonio Spruit
Albertus Odoricus Timmer
Church:Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Changzhi
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
Ordination:10 March 1883
Birth Date:18 December 1859
Birth Place:Haarlem, North Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Death Place:Taiyuan, Shanxi, Republic of China
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Religion:Roman Catholic
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Albertus Odoricus Timmer (; 18 December 1859 – 26 April 1943) was a Dutch Catholic missionary prelate and bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an from 1901 to 1927.[1]

Biography

Albertus Odoricus Timmer was born in Haarlem, North Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands, on 18 December 1859. He joined the Franciscans on 9 October 1881. He was ordained a priest on 10 March 1883. That same year, he was sent to the Qing Empire to preach, first in Hubei and then transferred to Shanxi. On 14 July 1888, Albertus Odoricus Timmer and Martin Poell arrived at Machang Village (now suburb) of . On 20 July 1901, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an by the Holy See.[2] [3] He resigned on 20 August 1926.

On 8 December 1941, the Pacific War broke out. In 1943, Albertus Odoricus Timmer was detained by the Imperial Japanese Army in Taiyuan, and died on April 26.

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Bishop Albertus Odoricus Timmer, O.F.M. † . 12 February 2023 . catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. News: Liu Zhiqing (Chinese: 刘志庆) . https://www.globethics.net/pdfs/CNKI/CJFD/ZGTA201405038.pdf . zh:山西天主教教区历史沿革考 . A Study of the Historical Evolution of Shanxi Catholic Diocese . Anyang Normal College . 2014 . 12 February 2023 . zh.
  3. News: zh, en . Lu, Anrong . zh:基督教的传播与近代山西社会早期现代化 . The Spreading of Christianity and the Early Modernization of Shanxi Society . . Taiyuan, Shanxi . Shanxi University . 2004 . 12 February 2023.