Simeone Volonteri () (June 6, 1831 – December 21,1904) was an Italian missionary and a
bishop
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Life
Simeone Volonteri was born in
Milan
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,
Italy
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. He joined the
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
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in 1855. He was in Hong Kong from 1860 to February 1870. During his stay in Hong Kong, he worked extensively in
Tai Wo and
Ting Kok.
[ (A previous version of this paper was presented at a Seminar 'Hong Kong: its people, culture and traditions, the Centre of Asian Studies, ]University of Hong Kong
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. 15-16 April 1983) He was ordained bishop in 1874 by
Eustachio Zanoli. He was Vicar Apostolic of
Southern Honan () (China) from August 28, 1882 to his death. He died in
Fengqiao (),
Shangqiu
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, in
Henan
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province of China.
Map of the San-On District
Simeone Volonteri published the "Map of the San-On District" in 1866. The map was engraved in
Leipzig
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.
See also
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
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Palaeopolis (Lydia)
References
Further reading
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External links
High-resolution digitized "Map of the San-On District"
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19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in China
19th-century Italian cartographers
1831 births
1904 deaths
19th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops