Everard Ter Laak (Chinese: 兰克复; November 5, 1868 – May 5, 1931) was a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary and bishop who worked in China during the late Qing dynasty and early Republic of China.[1]

Everard Ter Laak
Vicars Apostolic of Xiwanzi
ProvinceGansu
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Qinzhou
Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiwanzi
Installed12 January 1924
Term ended5 May 1931
PredecessorJeroom Van Aertselaer
SuccessorLeone Giovanni M. De Smedt
Orders
Ordination1892
Personal details
Born(1868-11-05)November 5, 1868
DiedMay 5, 1931(1931-05-05) (aged 62)
Gaojiayingzi, China
NationalityDutch
DenominationRoman Catholic
ParentsJacobus Everardus Ter Laak
Maria Bernardina van der Grinten
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLán Kèfù

Biography

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Ter Laak was born on November 5, 1868, in Didam, Montferland, Netherlands, the son of the Miller Jacobus Everardus Ter Laak (1824–1888) and his wife Maria Bernardina van der Grinten (1832–1886).

On November 17, 1889, he entered the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. On April 3, 1892, he was ordained a priest within the congregation and went on mission to the Qing Empire.

On June 21, 1906, Pope Pius X appointed him apostolic vicar of the Southern Kansu. In 1914 he was appointed titular bishop of Paroecopolis. The episcopal consecration Jerome van Aertselaer donated him. Co-consecrators were Alphonse Bermyn and Conrad Abels. At the same time he was appointed apostolic coadjutor vicar of Central Mongolia. In 1922, the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Mongolia was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Chahar. In 1924 he was appointed as the successor of Jeroom Van Aertselaer, which was renamed in the same year the Apostolic Vicariate of Xiwanzi. At the same time he was superior of Urga in Mongolia.

In addition, from 1924 until his death, he was the apostolic administrator of the mission of sui iuris Urgi in Mongolia.

Ter Laak died on 5 May 1931 at the age of 62.

References

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  1. ^ "Catholic Hierarchy in China since 1307".
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