Eugenio Massi (simplified Chinese: 希贤; traditional Chinese: 希賢; pinyin: Xī Xián; 13 August 1875 – 10 December 1944) was an Italian Catholic missionary prelate and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan from 1910 to 1916 and apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou from 1927 to 1944.[1]

Eugenio Massi
Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan
ChurchCathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan
Installed15 February 1910
Term ended7 July 1916
PredecessorAgapito Augusto Fiorentini
SuccessorAgapito Augusto Fiorentini
Orders
Ordination20 February 1898
Personal details
Born(1875-08-13)13 August 1875
Died10 December 1944(1944-12-10) (aged 69)
Hankou, Hubei, Republic of China
DenominationRoman Catholic

Biography

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Eugenio Massi was born in Monteprandone, Province of Ascoli Piceno, Kingdom of Italy, on 13 August 1875. He was ordained a priest on 20 February 1898. That same year, he was sent to preach in Shanxi, China. On 15 February 1910, he was appointed archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan by Pope Pius X, and was transferred to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou in 1925.[2]

In December 1944, the United States Army Air Forces carried out a strategic bombing of Hankou controlled by the Wang Jingwei regime. On December 10, during the air raid in Hankou, the US military mistakenly bombed the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hankou [zh], and Eugenio Massi was killed at the age of 69.

References

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  1. ^ "Bishop Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. †". 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Agapito Augusto Fiorentini
Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan
1910–1916
Succeeded by
Agapito Augusto Fiorentini
Preceded by Apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou
1927–1944
Succeeded by