Domenico Luca Capozi Explained

Type:Archbishop
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Term Start:12 January 1940
Term End:1983
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Predecessor:Agapito Augusto Fiorentini
Successor:Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin
Domenico Luca Capozi
Church:Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan
Archdiocese:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan
Ordination:8 August 1926
Birth Date:9 March 1899
Birth Place:Pofi, Frosinone, Kingdom of Italy
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Religion:Roman Catholic
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Domenico Luca Capozi (; 9 March 1899 – 30 December 1991) was an Italian Catholic missionary prelate and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan from 1940 to 1983.[1]

Biography

Domenico Luca Capozi was born in Pofi, Frosinone, Kingdom of Italy, on 9 March 1899. He joined the Franciscans in 1915. He was ordained a priest on 8 August 1926. That same year, he came to China to preach. On 12 January 1940, he was appointed vicar apostolic of Taiyuanfu, and became archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan on 11 April 1946. He retired in 1983.

Domenico Luca Capozi died on 30 December 1991, at the age of 92.

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Notes and References

  1. 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 . http://194.246.119.58/pdfs/cnkiImport/CMFD/2004077271.pdf . Taiyuan, Shanxi . Shanxi University . 2004 .