Enrico Valtorta

Enrico Pascal Valtorta (Chinese: 恩理覺) (14 May 1883 – 3 September 1951) was the last Apostolic Vicar and the first Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Enrico Valtorta
Bishop of Hong Kong
DioceseHong Kong
Appointed8 March 1926 (as Vicar Apostolic)
11 April 1946 (as Bishop)
Installed13 June 1926 (as Vicar Apostolic)
31 October 1948 (as Bishop)
Term ended3 September 1951
PredecessorDominic Pozzoni (as Vicar Apostolic)
SuccessorLorenzo Bianchi
Orders
Ordination30 March 1907
Consecration13 June 1926
Personal details
Born(1883-05-14)14 May 1883
Carate Brianza, Italy
Died3 September 1951(1951-09-03) (aged 68)
Hong Kong
BuriedCrypt at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong
NationalityItalian
DenominationCatholic
MottoPonere Vitam
Coat of armsEnrico Valtorta's coat of arms
Styles of
Enrico Valtorta
Reference styleThe Right Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylenone

He was born in Italy at Carate Brianza, and was ordained priest in Milan on 30 March 1907 for the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME).

He arrived in Hong Kong on 5 October 1907 and from 1909 to 1911 was apostolic missionary for Nam Tau (San On District) and Sai Kung (New Territories); Rector of St. Joseph's Church at Garden Road and teacher at seminary in 1913; chaplain to Victoria Gaol (1921–1925). Appointed 4th Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong on 8 March 1926, was consecrated titular bishop of Lerus on 13 June 1926. Hong Kong Apostolic Vicariate was raised to a diocese on 11 April 1946. Bishop Valtorta was installed as bishop of the Hong Kong Diocese on 31 October 1948. He died in Hong Kong in 1951.

Valtorta College in Tai Po was named after him.

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