Louis Piazzoli Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Very Reverend
Louis Piazzoli
Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong
Diocese:Hong Kong
Enthroned:12 May 1845 (as Vicar Apostolic)
Ended:26 December 1904
Predecessor:Timoleon Raimondi (as Vicar Apostolic)
Successor:Dominic Pozzoni (as Vicar Apostolic)
Ordination:1 September 1868
Birth Date:12 May 1845
Birth Place:Bergamo, Italy
Death Place:Hong Kong
Buried:Cemetery of Villa Grugana di Calco of the PIME Missionaries, Italy (1904-2014)
Crypt at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong since 2014
Religion:Catholic

Louis Piazzoli, PIME (12 May 1845 – 26 December 1904) was the Apostolic Vicar of Hong Kong from January 11, 1895 to 1904.

Biography

Born in Bergamo, Italy, Piazzoli was ordained as a priest on 1 September 1868.

Piazzoli arrived in Hong Kong in 1869.[1] He was one of the first missionaries to reach Tai Po.[2] In 1870, he left the mission station in Ting Kok and started his missionary work in Sham Chung, helping the farmers build a dam.[3] [4]

Appointed Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong on 11 January 1895 and ordained Bishop on 19 May 1895. He died in Hong Kong.

Piazoli's remains were return to Italy, but return to Hong Kong in 2014 to rest at the crypt at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

See also

References

  1. Xia . Qilong . 1998 . The foundation of the Catholic mission in Hong Kong, 1841-1894 . Doctor of Philosophy . 168 . . 10722/34231 .
  2. Web site: East Meets West: The Development of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong . Centre For Catholic Studies, CUHK .
  3. Web site: Government funds granted for redevelopment of Sham Chung chapel . 18 September 2020 . .
  4. Web site: Chapel of the Epiphany of Our Lord . . Chinese .

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