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Philip Côté (born 28 Dec, 1895 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, died 17 Jan, 1970 Xuzhou, China[1]) Québécois clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou.
He entered the Society of Jesus in 1916, was ordained as a priest in Montreal in 1927, soon departed for missionary work in China. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Polystylus in 1935, before subsequently being appointed Bishop of Xuzhou in 1946.
Firsthand witness to the Japanese invasion of China [2] Fled to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War, he continued his missionary work through the region and later returned to mainland China participated as a Council Father at the Second Vatican Council, and died in Xuzhou in 1970.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Bishop Phillip Cote, S.J." www.geni.com. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
- ^ Lary, Diana (2005). "Faith and War Eyewitnesses to the Japanese Invasion of China: Quebec's Jesuit Priests". Modern Asian Studies. 39 (4): 817–843. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Bishop Philip Côté [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
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