Martin Poell

Martin Poell (Chinese: 艾定禄; pinyin: Ài Dìnglù; 20 March 1845 – 2 January 1891) was a Dutch Catholic missionary prelate and bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an from 1890 to 1891.[1]

Martin Poell
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
ChurchCathedral of the Sacred Heart in Changzhi
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
Installed20 June 1890
Term ended2 January 1891
PredecessorLuigi Moccagatta
SuccessorGiovanni Antonio Hofman
Orders
Ordination1869
Personal details
Born(1845-03-20)20 March 1845
Weert, Limburg, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Died2 January 1891(1891-01-02) (aged 45)
Lucheng County, Shanxi, Qing Empire
DenominationRoman Catholic

Biography

Martin Poell was born in Weert, Limburg, Kingdom of the Netherlands, on 20 March 1845. He joined the Franciscans in 1861. He was ordained a priest in 1869. In 1873, he was sent to the Qing Empire to preach, first in Hubei and then transferred to Shanxi. On 14 July 1888, Martin Poell and Albertus Odoricus Timmer arrived at Machang Village (now a suburb) of Lucheng County. On 20 June 1890, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an by the Holy See. On 2 January 1891, he died of typhoid fever in the village and was buried in the Sacred Heart Church at the age of 45.[2]

References
  1. "Bishop Martin Poell, O.F.M. Ref. †". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. Lu, Anrong (2004). 基督教的传播与近代山西社会早期现代化 [The Spreading of Christianity and the Early Modernization of Shanxi Society] (PDF) (in Chinese and English). Taiyuan, Shanxi: Shanxi University. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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