Martin Poell (; 20 March 1845 – 2 January 1891) was a Dutch Catholic missionary prelate and bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an/Changzhi ( la, Lunganen(sis), ) (Not to be confused with Lu'an (六安) in Anhui province) is a diocese located in the city of Lu'an in the Ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in China.
Currently, in standa ...
from 1890 to 1891.
Biography
Martin Poell was born in
Weert,
Limburg,
Kingdom of the Netherlands, on 20 March 1845. He joined the
Franciscans in 1861. He was ordained a priest in 1869. In 1873, he was sent to the
Qing Empire
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...
to preach, first in
Hubei and then transferred to
Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
. On 14 July 1888, Martin Poell and Albertus Odoricus Timmer arrived at Machang Village (now a suburb) of . On 20 June 1890, he was appointed bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an/Changzhi ( la, Lunganen(sis), ) (Not to be confused with Lu'an (六安) in Anhui province) is a diocese located in the city of Lu'an in the Ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in China.
Currently, in standa ...
by the
Holy See. On 2 January 1891, he died of
typhoid fever in the village and was buried in the Sacred Heart Church at the age of 45.
References
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1845 births
1891 deaths
People from Weert
Dutch Roman Catholic missionaries
Dutch Roman Catholic bishops
Chinese Roman Catholic bishops