Lorenzo Bianchi (; 1 April 1899 – 13 February 1983) was born in
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
, at Corteno, near Brescia. Mons. Lorenzo Bianchi was ordained Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) on 23 September 1922 and arrived in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
on 13 September 1923.
In 1924, Bianchi worked in
Sai Kung, New Territories; from 1925 to 1929 in
Swa Bue, Hoi Fung District; from 1930 to 1941 (and for a 2nd time from 1948 to 1949) he was the director of Hoi Fung District. He was appointed as
coadjutor bishop
A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) ("co-assister" in Latin) is a bishop in the Latin Catholic, Anglican and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in administering the diocese.
The coa ...
of Hong Kong on 21 April 1949 and was consecrated
titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Choma on 9 October 1949 and returned to Hoi Fung. He succeeded his predecessor on 3 September 1951 and, after he was released from China, installed on 26 October 1952. He resigned on 30 November 1968 and was appointed the titular bishop of
Sorres until 10 October 1976. He returned to Italy 19 April 1969 and there died on 13 February 1983.
The
Caritas Bianchi College of Careers (CBCC) in Hong Kong is named after Bianchi.
See also
*
Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. The diocese takes its name from the see city, the metropolitan area where the bishop resides.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong is a ''de ...
References
External links
Official Biography on the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hong Kong
1899 births
1983 deaths
20th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests
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