Dominic Pozzoni

Dominic Pozzoni, (22 December 1861 – 20 February 1924), was titular Bishop of Tavia and the third Apostolic Vicar of Hong Kong. He was a member of the Milan Foreign Missions (M.F.M.).

The Very Reverend

Dominic Pozzoni
Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong
DioceseHong Kong
Installed12 July 1905 (as Vicar Apostolic)
Term ended1924
PredecessorLouis Piazzoli (as Vicar Apostolic)
SuccessorEnrico Valtorta (as Vicar Apostolic)
Orders
Ordination1 March 1885
Personal details
Born(1861-12-22)22 December 1861
Italy
Died20 February 1924(1924-02-20) (aged 62)
Hong Kong
BuriedCrypt at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong
NationalityItalian
DenominationCatholic

Life

Dominic Pozzoni was born in Paderno d'Adda, Italy 22 December 1861. In 1882 he entered the Lombardy Seminary for Foreign Missions in Milan. He was ordained a priest on 1 March 1885 and arrived in Hong Kong on 19 December 1885. Pozzoni was assigned to Sai Kung to assist Monsignor Luigi Piazzoli.[1]

Pozzoni was appointed vicar apostolic on 26 May, 1905,[2] and consecrated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong) in 1906.[3]

In 1921, Bishop Pozzoni requested the Maryknoll Fathers to take over staffing St. Louis School. Some of the boys were orphans while the rest were remanded by the Hong Kong government, the government giving a small monthly grant for each student. The Maryknoll Fathers renamed the school 'St Louis Industrial School' and equipped it with a print shop to teach the boys a trade.[4]

In 1923 Pozzoni suggested that Maryknoll Sisters staff the anticipated Kowloon Hospital. However, the government withdrew its offer in the face of objections by English residents who opposed the sisters both for their being American and Catholic.[5]

He died in the French Hospital in Hong Kong 20 February 1924.[6]

References
  1. A Dictionary of Asian Christianity, (Scott W. Sunquist, ed.) 2001, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan
  2. Cordier, Henri. "Vicariate Apostolic of Hong-Kong." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 13 February 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. The Catholic Who's who and Yearbook, (Francis Cowley Burnand, ed.) Burns & Oates., 1908, p. 388
  4. The Field Afar, Volumes 15-16, Catholic Foreign Mission Bureau of Boston, 1921, p. 273 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Chu, C. The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969, Springer, 2004. p. 32 ISBN 9781403981615
  6. The Field Afar, Volumes 17-18, Catholic Foreign Mission Bureau of Boston, 1923, p. 140

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