Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse
| His Excellency, The Most Reverend Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse | |
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| Bishop of Chengtu | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Chongqing (Chungking) |
| Diocese | Chengdu (Chengtu) |
| Installed | April 11, 1946 |
| Term ended | 1983 |
| Predecessor | Marie-Julien Dunand (as Apostolic Vicar of Northwestern Szechwan) |
| Successor | Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | December 20, 1948 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (June 6, 1860 Saint-Étienne, France |
| Died | December 20, 1948 China |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
Bishop Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse (June 6, 1860 – December 20, 1948) was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Chengdu during the Chinese Republican Era, a post he held from 1946 until his death in 1948.
Biography
Rouchouse was born in the city Saint-Étienne in eastern France.[1] He received his ordination on June 30, 1895, as a priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.[1] From 1897 to 1904, he supervised the construction of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at Chengdu.[2] On January 28, 1916, he received the dual appointments of Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan and Titular Bishop of Aegeae.[1] On April 11, 1946, he was appointed Bishop of Chengdu, a position he held until his death on December 20, 1948.[1] Bishop Rouchouse was succeeded as Bishop of Chengdu by Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault.[1]
See also
References
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- Back to citation Wang, Anming (October 18, 2020). "中西合璧的代表性建筑——天主教成都教区主教公署" [A representative building of the combination of Chinese and Western architectural styles: the Episcopal See of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu]. thepaper.cn (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved November 20, 2022.