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Louis Morel

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Louis Morel
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan
ChurchCathedral of the Sacred Heart in Hohhot
ProvinceSuiyuan
Installed21 March 1938
Term ended19 August 1951
PredecessorLouis van Dyck
SuccessorFrancis Wang Xueming
Orders
Ordination16 July 1905
Personal details
Born(1880-10-30)30 October 1880
Houthem les Comines, Wallonia, Belgium
Died6 June 1971(1971-06-06) (aged 90)
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
DenominationRoman Catholic

Louis Morel (Chinese: 穆清海; pinyin: Mù Qīnghǎi; 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

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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.

References

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  • Een groot missiebisschop, Mgr Louis Morel (in French). Het Wekelijks Nieuws. 1948.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • P. DEBOURSE (1997). Un Houthémois célèbre: Louis Morel (1880-1971), archevêque de Sui-Yuan en Chine (in French). Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire de Comines-Warneton et de la Région.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Aubert-Tillo VAN BIERVLIET (1999). Het Stevenisme in West-Vlaanderen en Frans-Vlaanderen (in French).
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan
1938–1951
Succeeded by
Francis Wang Xueming