Amoy

Amoy
Amoy
Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy, located in China, created in 1883, and entrusted to the care of the Dominicans

Catholic Encyclopedia. . 2006.

Amoy
    The Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy
     Catholic_Encyclopedia The Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy
    Located in China, created in 1883, and entrusted to the care of the Dominicans. It includes the island of Formosa, with neighbouring small islands. The native population is about 4,500,000, of which 2,000,000 are in Formosa. The Catholics number 3,930 (in Formosa 1,014). There are 11 European and 8 Chinese priests, 32 churches or chapels, 3 orphanages, and 13 schools with 242 pupils.
    BATTANDIER, Ann. pont. cath. (Paris, 1905), 344.
    Transcribed by Thomas J. Bress

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. . 1910.


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