Monicou, [s.n.]

Updated September 18, 2014

The Rev. Monicou, Catholic priest, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was the Assistant to the Procureur General of the Société des Missions étrangères de Paris (Society of Foreign Missions of Paris) 巴黎外方傳教會 in Hong Kong in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Libois, Napoléon-François

Updated August 11, 2014

Napoléon-François Libois. Credit: France in Hong Kong.

The Rev. Napoléon-François Libois, Catholic priest, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1842 to 1848. He was the Procureur General  of the French Mission.

Libois was born on December 14, 1805. He was ordained on September 18, 1830. He belonged to the Société des Missions étrangères de Paris (Society of Foreign Missions of Paris) 巴黎外方傳教會, which sent him to Macau in 1837. He came to Hong Kong in 1842 and moved to Canton in 1848. He died in Rome on April 6, 1872.

Selected Bibliography: France in Hong Kong [online]. Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Girard, Paudentius Seraphim B.

Updated September 18, 2014

The Rev. Paudentius Seraphim B. Girard, Catholic priest, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from March 1848 to 1855. He and Father J.L. Bounard were in charge of Portuguese congregation of the Roman Catholic Church in Hong Kong in 1850.

Girard was born on April 1821. He was ordained on May 17, 1845. He belonged to the Société des Missions étrangères de Paris (Society of Foreign Missions of Paris) 巴黎外方傳教會 which sent him to Hong Kong in 1848. He left for Japan in 1855. He died on December 9, 1867.

Selected Bibliography: Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Forcade, Alphonsine

Updated October 30, 2015.

The Rev. Mother Alphonsine Forcade, Catholic nun, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1848 to 1850. She belonged to the Société des Missions étrangères de Paris (Society of Foreign Missions of Paris) 巴黎外方傳教會 which sent her to Hong Kong in response to the appeal made by her brother, The Rt. Rev. Theordorus-Augustinus Forcade, Prefect Apostolic of Hong Kong. She arrived here on September 12, 1848 and died on October 11, 1850 at the age of 33.

Selected Bibliography: Chung, Frederick, The Contribution of the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres in Hong Kong in the Twentieth Century, Hong Kong: the Chinese University of Hong Kong. France – Hong Kong, 160 ans d'histoires, online. Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives, online. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Forcade, Theodorus Augustinus 科主教

Updated September 17, 2014

Theodorus Augustinus Forcade. Credit: Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives.

The Rt. Rev. Theodorus Augustinus Forcade 科主教, Catholic priest, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1847 to 1850. He was Prefect Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church in Hong Kong between October 5, 1847 and August 24, 1850.

Forcade was born on March 2, 1816. He belonged to the Société des Missions étrangères de Paris (Society of Foreign Missions of Paris) 巴黎外方傳教會 which sent him to the Ryūkyū Kingdom (present day Okinawa Prefecture of Japan) in April 1844. He went to Tokyo in September 1846 and became Vicar Apostolic of Japan between 1846 and 1852. He lived and worked in Hong Kong between 1847 and 1850. He was Bishop of Samos in 1850. He was Bishop of Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) between 1853 and 60, and Bishop of Nevers between 1860 and 1873. He was Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence between 1873 and 1885. He died on September 12, 1885.

Selected Bibliography: Baxley, George C., Western Ships Calling in the Ryukyu Islands, Late 18th Century to Mid-19th Century [internet]. Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Fenouil, Jean Joseph

Updated August 6, 2014

Jean Joseph Fenouil. Credit: Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives.

The Rev. Jean Joseph Fenouil, Catholic priest, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1847 to 1851. He and Father Joseph Chong were in charge of ministry at the Village of Aberdeen in 1850.

Fenouil was born in Rudelle, France on November 17 (or 18), 1821. He belonged to the Société des Missions étrangères de Paris (Society of Foreign Missions of Paris) 巴黎外方傳教會; he professed on August 7, 1844, was ordained May 29, 1847 and sent to Hong Kong in the same year. He left Hong Kong for Yuanan in China in 1851. He became the Vicar Apostolic of Yuanan on July 29, 1881 and the Titular Bishop of Tenedus on December 27, 1881. He died in Yuanan on January 10, 1907.

Selected Bibliography: catholic-hierarchy [internet]. Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.