Jožef Kerec Explained

Jožef Kerec (born Kerécz József) (15 October 1892 in Prosečka Vas – 27 June 1974) was the first Slovene Salesian missionary in China.[1]

Kerec spent his childhood in the Prosečka Vas, Prekmurje (by 1920 in Hungary, Slovene March), where his family was from.[2] Before departing for China, Kerec was politically active in Prekmurje. On 17 August 1919, a few days after Prekmurje became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (colloquially called Yugoslavia), he spoke at a big public rally in Beltinci in support of Slovenia and the Kingdom, because he was Slovene and Slave.[3]

As a missionary, Jožef Kerec departed to Macau in 1921, arrived there on 18 August 1921 and had his first mass in Macau on 26 June 1923. He also worked in Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and in China, where from 1939 till 1951 he was the apostolic administrator in the city of Zhaotong.[4] [5] [6] [7] Kerec died and was buried in Veržej, Slovenia. A memorial plaque to him is on the wall of the parish church in Pečarovci.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jožef Geder . Slovenian . 11 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005041155/http://www.donbosko.si/geder-jozef . 5 October 2011 .
  2. Web site: Občan občine Puconci . Slovenian . The Citizen of the Municipality of Puconci . The Municipality of Puconci . 11 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008214629/http://www.puconci.si/dokumenti/52/2/2007/Obcan_st.41_1033.pdf . 8 October 2011 .
  3. Zbornik Soboškega muzeja 9-10 . Slovenian . A Collection of Scientific Papers of the Museum of Murska Sobota . 9–10 . Murska Sobota Regional Museum . 11 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312015421/http://www.pok-muzej-ms.si/udatoteke/ZbornikSobMuz9-10_WEB.pdf . 12 March 2012 .
  4. Web site: Apostolic Prefecture of Zhaotong . 11 September 2010 . GoCatholic.com.
  5. Web site: Dreams are born at dawn . Giovanni Rizzi . 11 September 2010.
  6. Web site: The Beginning of Salesian Work in Vietnam . 11 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726002131/http://www.donboscovn.org/The_Beginning_of_the_Salesian_Work_in_Vietnam.htm . 26 July 2011 .
  7. Web site: Wieczorek, Teodor, 1888-1957 . Ricci Institute . The Ricci 21st Century Roundtable on the History of Christianity in China . 11 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110517100459/http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/biography/view.aspx?biographyID=1358 . 17 May 2011 .

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