Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. (19 October 1915 – 26 March 2016) was a Dutch

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of the Roman Catholic Church. At the age of 100, he was one of the oldest Catholic bishops. Until his death, he lived in

Ambon, Maluku Ambon (formerly nl, Amboina) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Maluku. This city is also known as , which means "beautiful" or "pretty" Ambon. It covers a land area of 298.61 km2, and had a population of 331 ...

, on one of the

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islands in

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. Sol was born in Sloten, what used to be a farming village close to

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, the

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, and ordained a priest on 10 August 1940 from the

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Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSC; la, Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis; french: Missionnaires du Sacré-Coeur) are a missionary congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1854 by Servant of God Jules Chevalier (182 ...

. Andreas was appointed to the Amboina Diocese in Indonesia on 10 December 1963, and succeeded then-bishop Jacques Grent as Bishop of the diocese on 15 January 1965. He remained bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Amboina The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amboina ( la, Amboinaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ambon, Maluku, Amboina in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Makassar, Makassar in Indonesia. History * December 22, 1902: ...

until his retirement on 10 June 1994. He consecrated his successor P.C. Mandagi MSC. Sol was

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of Regiana from 1963 to 1965.Bishop Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C.
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1915 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Indonesia Participants in the Second Vatican Council Dutch centenarians Men centenarians Dutch Roman Catholic missionaries Missionaries of the Sacred Heart People from Ambon, Maluku People from Sloten, North Holland {{europe-RC-bishop-stub Dutch emigrants to Indonesia