Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M, was an Italian missionary of the
Order of Friar Minor. Roman Catholic ''Apostolic Vicars of Eastern Hupeh, now
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou (, ) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese, based in Hankou, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Its archiepiscopal see is the St. Joseph's Cathedral, Wuhan, St. Joseph's Cathedral, in Hankou, Wuhan.
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.'' He was founder of the Catholic hospital in Wuhan, now
Central Hospital of Wuhan.
Early life
Zanoli was born on 12 May 1831 in
Nonantola
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History
In ancient times the territory of Nonantola was in ...
,
Italy
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.
Priesthood
On 19 February 1854, Zanoli was ordained a priest.
Episcopate
Zanoli was appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh, China and Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia on 7 August 1857. He was consecrated as a bishop on 15 September 1861 by Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. Ref. He succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh, China on 12 September 1862. He was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh, China on 2 September 1870 and Apostolic Administrator of Northwestern Hupeh, China in 1871. In 1876, he resigned from his services as Apostolic Administrator of Northwestern
Hupeh, China.
Mission in China
In 1886 Zanoli invited the
Canossians
The Canossians are a family of two Catholic religious institutes and three affiliated lay associations that trace their origin to Magdalen of Canossa, a religious sister canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988.
Canossian family Canossian Daughte ...
to Wuhan to provide social service in the
Catholic Hospital of Hankou which he established in 1880.
Death
Zanoli died in China on 17 May 1883.
References
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1831 births
1883 deaths
19th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops