Less than 40 years after the death of St. Vincent de Paul, the first Vincentians arrived in China. Less than 60 years after his death, the first Vincentian was ordained a bishop in order to serve the Church in China. Of the well over 1,000 Vincentians who have worked in China from 1699 to 1999, 50 have been ordained bishops. The list below is meant to give you an overview of the various areas where they worked and the years when they were bishops.
Note: The names of the confreres are either in their original language or translated into English. Also, for the most part, I use the modern day Mainland China system of romanization of the Chinese characters for the names of places and the names of the Chinese confreres
- SICHUAN PROVINCE:
John Muellener, C.M. 1716-1742 - NANJING:
Eusebio Luciano Carvalho Gomes da Silva, C.M. named Bishop of Nanjing, but died en route in 1790. - MACAO:
Nicolao Rodriguez Pereira de Borja, C.M. named Bishop of Macao, died before being consecrated in 1845. Jeronimo Jose Da Matta 1845-1859 - MONGOLIA:
Florent Daguin, C.M. (coadj) 1848-1859 - BEIJING AREA:
Joaquin de Souza Saraiva, C.M. named coadj. to Beijing; consecrated 1805 in Macao, never able to reach Beijing, because of persecution. - ZHEJIANG PROVINCE:
(Later divided into Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou and Taizhou) Pierre Lavaissiere, C.M.
1847-1849
Francois Xavier Danicourt, C.M. 1850-1855
Louis Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. 1855-1870
Edmond Francois Guierry, C.M. 1870-1883
Paul Marie Reynaud, C.M. 1884-1910 - -NINGBO:
Paul Marie Reynaud, C.M. 1924-1926
Andre Defebvre, C.M. 1927- - -TAIZHOU:
Joseph Hou Jo-shan, C.M. 1926 - -HANGZHOU:
Paul Albert Faveau, C.M. 1910-1936
Jean Joseph Deymier, C.M. 1937- —
Verissimo Monteiro de Serra, C.M. -? 1818-1826
Gaetan Pires-Pereira, C.M. 1826-1838 - JIANGXI PROVINCE:
(Later divided into Nanchang, Fuzhou and G
Joao de Franca Castro e Moura, C.M. 1838-1846
anzhou)
Joseph Martial Mouly, C.M. 1846-1868
F. Alexis Rameaux, C.M.
1838-1845
Jean Baptiste Anouilh, C.M. (coadj.) 1851-1869
Bernard Vincent Laribe, C.M.
1845-1850
Edmund-Francois Guiery, C.M. 1868-1870
Louis Gabriel Delaplace, C.M.
1851-1854
Louis Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. 1870-1884
Francis Xavier Danicourt, C.M.
1855-1860
Francois Tagliabue, C.M. 1884-1890
Antoine Anot, C.M. (Priest Adm.)
1860-1865
J.B. Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. 1890-1905
Jean Henri Baldus, C.M.
1865-1869
Pierre Marie Alphonse Favier, C.M. (Coadj) 1898-1905
Francis Tagliabue, C.M. (co-adj)
1869
Stanislaus Jarlin, C.M. 1905-1934
Adrien Rouger, C.M.
1869-1870
Paulus Montaigne, C.M. 1934-1946
Gerard Bray, C.M. (North)
1870-1905
Paul Ferrant, C.M. (North)
1905-1910 - TIANJIN DIOCESE:
Louis Fatiguet, C.M.
1911-1924
Paul Dumont, C.M. 1912-1924
Adrien Rouger, C.M. (South)
1879-1887
Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille, C.M. 1920-1951
Auguste Coqset, C.M. (South)
1887-1907
Shi Hongchen, C.M. 1982- -- - -NANCHANG:
- HEBEI PROVINCE:
Louis Fatiguet, C.M.
1924-1931 - -BAODING AREA:
Paul Dumond, C.M.
1931-1944
Joseph Fabregues, C.M. 1911-1924
Zhou Jishi, C.M.
1931-1972
Paul Montaigne, C.M. 1924-1931
Joseph Zhou Jishi, C.M. 1931-1951 - -YUJIANG:
Casimir Vic, C.M.
1885-1912 - -ZHENGDING AREA:
Jean Louis Clerc-Renaud, C.M.
1920-1929
(Cheng-ding/Tcheng-ting-fou) (Present day, Shijiazhuang)
Edward Sheehan, C.M.
1929-1933
Jules Bruguiere, C.M. 1904-1906
Paul Misner, C.M.
1934-1938
1940
Auguste Coqset, C.M. 1908-1919/1920
Charles Quinn, C.M.
Francois Schraven, C.M. 1921-1937
Job Chen Qiming, C.M. 1939-1959 - -GANZHOU:
Paul Dumond, C.M.
1920-1931 - -YONGPINGFU:
John O'Shea, C.M.
1931- --
(Yong-ping-fou) (Present day, Tangshan)
Francois Geurts, C.M. 1904-1940 - -TI-AN:
Nicolas Ciceri, C.M.
Eugene Lebouille, C.M. 1940-1948
1920-1931
Gaetano Mignani, C.M.
1931-1946 - -ANGUO:
(Previously, Lihsien)
Melchior Sun (Souen), C.M. 1924-1936
