Georges-Marie de Jonghe d'Ardoye

Georges-Marie de Jonghe d'Ardoye (left) with Indonesian President Sukarno and Jesuit bishop Albertus Soegijapranata, c. 1947.

Georges-Marie de Jonghe d'Ardoye, MEP (23 April 1887 – 27 August 1961) was a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked as a missionary in China and then held several posts in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Biography[edit]

De Jonghe d'Ardoye was born on 23 April 1887 in Saint-Gilles-lès-Bruxelles, Belgium. He studied at the Collège St Michel in Brussels and Notre Dame de la Paix in Namur. He joined the Paris Foreign Missions Society on 13 September 1905. He was ordained a priest of the Missions Society on 21 June 1910 by Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier. On 30 November 1910 he left France to begin his career as a missionary in Sichuan, China. He was sent first to Moutchang then to Kunglai. From 1919 to 1923, he built a large complex known as the College of Wisdom including a higher primary school, a secondary school and a Catholic normal school.[1]

On 23 May 1933, Pope Pius XI named him titular bishop of Amathus in Cypro and Apostolic Vicar of Yünnanfu.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 17 September 1933 from Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, Superior General of the Foreign Missions Society.[1]

On 17 October 1938, Pope Pius appointed him Apostolic Delegate to Iraq and titular archbishop of Misthia.[3]

On 6 July 1947, Pope Pius XII appointed him Apostolic Delegate to Indonesia, the first papal representative there.[4] He became Apostolic Internuncio there on 16 March 1950. [5] His tenure there was marked by disputes with both government authorities and factions within the Church.[6]

On 2 March 1955, Pope Pius appointed him Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt.[7]

He resigned in 1956 for health reasons,[1] and on 1 February 1957 was named a consultor to the Congregation for Oriental Churches.[8]

De Jonghe d'Ardoye died in Brussels on 27 August 1961 at the age of 74.[1][9]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Georges DE JONGHE D'ARDOYE1887 - 1961". irfa.paris (in French). Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXV. 1933. pp. 314, 375, 453. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXX. 1938. pp. 382, 385. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXIX. 1947. p. 468. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXXII. 1950. p. 508. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  6. ^ Steenbrink, Karel (2015). Catholics in Independent Indonesia: 1945-2010. Brill. pp. 47ff. ISBN 9789004285422. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  7. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLVII. 1955. p. 425. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  8. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLIX. 1957. p. 103. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  9. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIII. 1961. p. 576. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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