HONG KONG




HONG KONG*

Immediately after the British conquest of Hong Kong in 1841, a Roman Catholic
Apostolic Prefecture was established for the territory. In 1874 it became an
Apostolic Vicariate.
 
Prefect Apostolic

1868 - 1874   Giovanni Timoleone Raimondi                    1827 - 1894

Vicar Apostolic
                      
1874 - 1894   Giovanni Timoleone Raimondi, Titular Bishop 
              of Acanthus in Macedonia                       s.a.
1894 - 1904   Luigi Piazzoli, Titular Bishop of Clazomenae
              in Asia II                                     1849 - 1904
1905 - 1924   Domenico Pozzoni, Titular Bishop of Tavium
              in Galatia I                                   1850 - 19..
1924 - 1926   Giovanni M. Spada*                             1867 - 1950
1926 - 1946   Enrico Valtorta, Titular Bishop of Leros
              in ... , continued as Bishop of Hong Kong
              until 1951.                                    1883 - 1951



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