Alfonso Bermyn Explained

Type:Bishop
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Term Start:3 April 1901
Term End:16 February 1915
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Predecessor:Ferdinand Hamer
Successor:Louis van Dyck
Alfonso Bermyn
Church:Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Hohhot
Province:Suiyuan
Ordination:10 June 1876
Birth Date:3 January 1853
Birth Place:St. Paul de Waes, Belgium
Death Place:Hohhot, Republic of China
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Religion:Roman Catholic
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Alfonso Bermyn (; 3 January 1853 – 16 February 1915) was a Belgian Catholic priest, missionary, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan between 1901 and 1915.[1]

Biography

Alfonso Bermyn was born in St. Paul de Waes, Belgium, on 3 January 1853. He was ordained a priest on 10 June 1876. He joined the CICM Missionaries on 4 March 1878. He went to Mongolia to preach in the same year. In April 1901, the Holy See appointed him as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan to replace Ferdinand Hamer, who died in the Boxer Rebellion last year. He was consecrated on 26 January 1902.

He died on 16 February 1915, aged 62.

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Le missioni cattoliche rivista quindicinale . 1901 . 218 .