About Alfonso Bermyn
Lived 1853 – 1915 (aged 62). Alfonso Bermyn was a Belgian missionary, catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Alfonso Bermyn (; 3 January 1853 – 16 February 1915) was a Belgian Catholic priest, missionary, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan between 1901 and 1915.
Biography Alfonso Bermyn was born in Sint-Gillis-Waas, Belgium, on 3 January 1853. He was ordained a priest on 10 June 1876. He joined the CICM Missionaries on 4 March 1878. He went to Mongolia to preach in the same year. In April 1901, the Holy See appointed him as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan to replace Ferdinand Hamer, who died in the Boxer Rebellion last year. He was consecrated on 26 January 1902.
He died on 16 February 1915, aged 62.
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Belgian missionary
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Alfonso Bermyn was born on 3 January 1853 in Belgium, Sint-Pauwels.
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Alfonso Bermyn died on 16 February 1915 in People's Republic of China.
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Alfonso Bermyn was a missionary, catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Alfonso Bermyn was Belgian.
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