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.
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.