Jean-Benoît Chouzy,

M.E.P. The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris (french: Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris, short M.E.P.) is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. It is not a religious institute, but an organization of secular priests and lay persons ...

(1837–1899) (''Chinese:'' 司立修) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Prefect of Kuamsi (1891–1899) and

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of ''Petnelissus'' (1891–1899).

Biography

Jean-Benoît Chouzy was born in on 5 March 1837 in

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, and ordained a priest in the

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in 1859. On 21 August 1891, he was appointed during the papacy of

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of ''Petnelissus'' and Prefect of Kuamsi. On 22 November 1891, he was

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

bishop in

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by Augustin Chausse,

of ''Capsus'', with Giovanni Timoleone Raimondi,

of ''Achantus'' and Salvador Masot y Gómez,

of ''Hauara'', serving as

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. He served as Prefect of Kuamsi until his death on 22 September 1899.

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