About Martin Poell
Lived 1845 – 1891 (aged 45). Martin Poell was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Martin Poell (; 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.
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 . 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.
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