Fortunato Antonio Spruit Explained

Type:Bishop
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
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Term Start:22 November 1927
Term End:12 July 1943
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Predecessor:Giovanni Antonio Hofman
Successor:Francis Gerard Kramer
Fortunato Antonio Spruit
Church:Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Changzhi
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
Ordination:25 March 1906
Birth Date:11 July 1880
Birth Place:Oudewater, Utrecht, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Death Place:Taiyuan, Shanxi, Republic of China
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Religion:Roman Catholic
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Fortunato Antonio Spruit (; 11 July 1880 – 12 July 1943) was a Dutch Catholic missionary prelate and bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an from 1927 to 1943.[1]

Biography

Fortunato Antonio Spruit was born in Oudewater, Utrecht, Kingdom of the Netherlands, on 11 July 1880. He joined the Franciscans in 1899. He was ordained a priest on 25 March 1906. On 16 May 1907, he was sent to the Qing Empire to preach in Hubei. He was unanimously chosen as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an following the resignation of Albertus Odoricus Timmer in 1927.[2] [3]

On 8 December 1941, the Pacific War broke out. In 1943, Fortunato Antonio Spruit and Albertus Odoricus Timmer were detained by the Imperial Japanese Army in Taiyuan, and died on July 12.

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Bishop Anton Theodor Fortunatus Spruit, 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.