Enrico Valtorta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Enrico Valtorta

Catholic bishop

Date of Birth: 14-May-1883

Place of Birth: Carate Brianza, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1951

Profession: Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Enrico Valtorta

  • Enrico Pascal Valtorta (Traditional Chinese: ???) (14 May 1883 – 3 September 1951) was the last Apostolic Vicar and the first Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong.
  • He was born in Italy at Carate Brianza, and was ordained priest in Milan on 30 March 1907 for the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME).
  • He arrived in Hong Kong on 5 October 1907 and from 1909 to 1911 was apostolic missionary for Nam Tau (San On District) and Sai Kung (New Territories); Rector of St.
  • Joseph's Church at Garden Road and teacher at seminary in 1913; Chaplain to Victoria Gaol (1921–1925). Appointed 4th Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong on 8 March 1926, was consecrated Titular Bishop of Lerus on 13 June 1926.
  • Hong Kong Apostolic Vicariate was raised to a Diocese on 11 April 1946.
  • Bishop Valtorta was installed as Bishop of the Hong Kong Diocese on 31 October 1948.
  • He died in Hong Kong in 1951.
  • Valtorta College in Tai Po was named after him.

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