Alphonse de Voss

Alphonse de Voss (Chinese: 德玉明; pinyin: Dé Yùmíng; 21 April 1840 – 21 July 1888) was a Belgian Catholic priest, missionary, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan between 1883 and 1888.

Alphonse de Voss
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan
Church	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Hohhot
Province	Suiyuan
Installed	12 December 1883
Term ended	21 July 1888
Predecessor	New title
Successor	Ferdinand Hamer
Orders
Ordination	19 December 1863
Personal details
Born	(1840-04-21)21 April 1840 Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgium
Died	21 July 1888(1888-07-21) (aged 48) Mongolia, Qing China
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Biography

Alphonse de Voss was born in Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgium, on 21 April 1840. He was ordained a priest on 19 December 1863. He joined the CICM Missionaries in 1868. He came to Mongolia to preach in 1869. He built a church in Shangyi County from 1872 to 1874. On 12 December 1883 the Holy See appointed him as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan. He was consecrated on 18 May 1884.

He died on 21 July 1888, aged 48.