Louis Morel Explained

Type:Bishop
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Term Start:21 March 1938
Term End:19 August 1951
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Predecessor:Louis van Dyck
Successor:Francis Wang Xueming
Louis Morel
Church:Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Hohhot
Province:Suiyuan
Ordination:16 July 1905
Birth Date:30 October 1880
Birth Place:Houthem les Comines, Wallonia, Belgium
Death Place:Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
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Religion:Roman Catholic
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Louis Morel (; 30 October 1880 – 6 June 1971) was a Belgian Catholic priest, missionary, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan between 1938 and 1951.

Biography

Louis Morel was born in Houthem les Comines (now Comines-Warneton), Wallonia, Belgium, on 30 October 1880. He joined the CICM Missionaries in 1899. He was ordained a priest on 16 July 1905. He came to Mongolia to preach in the same year. On 21 March 1938 the Holy See appointed him as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan to replace Louis van Dyck, who died last year. He was consecrated on 18 October.

He retired on 19 August 1951. He died on 6 June 1971, aged 90.

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