Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse Explained

Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse
Bishop of Chengtu
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Chongqing (Chungking)
Diocese:Chengdu (Chengtu)
Enthroned:April 11, 1946
Ended:1983
Successor:Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault
Consecration:December 20, 1948
Birth Date:(June 6, 1860
Birth Place:Saint-Étienne, France
Death Date:December 20, 1948
Death Place:China
Nationality:French
Religion:Roman Catholicism

Bishop Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse (June 6, 1860  - December 20, 1948) was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Chengdu during the Chinese Republican Era, a post he held from 1946 until his death in 1948.

Biography

Rouchouse was born in the city Saint-Étienne in eastern France.[1] He received his ordination on June 30, 1895, as a priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. From 1897 to 1904, he supervised the construction of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at Chengdu.[2] On January 28, 1916, he received the dual appointments of Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan and Titular Bishop of Aegeae. On April 11, 1946, he was appointed Bishop of Chengdu, a position he held until his death on December 20, 1948. Bishop Rouchouse was succeeded as Bishop of Chengdu by Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault.

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Notes

  1. Web site: Catholic-Hierarchy . Bishop Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P . May 28, 2009.
  2. Web site: 中西合璧的代表性建筑——天主教成都教区主教公署 . A representative building of the combination of Chinese and Western architectural styles: the Episcopal See of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu . Wang . Anming . October 18, 2020 . . zh-hans . November 20, 2022.