Auguste Haouisée, SJ (; 1 October 1877 – 10 September 1948) was a French

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of the

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, who served as

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Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

from 1946 until his death, having previously served as its Apostolic Vicar. Born in Évran, he was

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as a

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on 10 June 1910. On 25 June 1928 Haouisée was appointed

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Apostolic Vicar of Nanking, and

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of ''Cercina'' on 2 July that year. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 3 October from Bishop Henry Lécroart, SJ, with Bishops Adéodat-Roch Wittner, OFM, and André-François Defebvre, CM, serving as

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. Haouisée succeeded his fellow Jesuit, the late

Próspero París Jules Prosper París, SJ (; 1 September 1846 – 13 May 1931) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Apostolic Vicar of Nanking from 1900 until his death. Born in Nantes, he was ordained as a Jesuit priest on 18 Septem ...

, as Apostolic Vicar of Nanking on 13 May 1931.

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later

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him to the first Apostolic Vicar of

on 13 December 1933. Upon his vicariate's elevation to a

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on 11 April 1946, the Jesuit prelate became Bishop of Shanghai. Haouisée died at age 70.

References

* David Strong, ''A Call to Mission -- A History of the Jesuits in China 1842-1954. Volume 1: The French Romance'', ATF Press, 2018.

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