Franz Xaver Nies
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Franz Xaver Nies (
Kiautschou Bay concession
and was followed by the acquisition of concessions in China by other foreign powers.
Franz Xaver Nies joined the Society of the Divine Word on 7 May 1879, was ordained as a priest by the Bishop of Roermond on 7 June 1884, and dispatched on his mission to China on 1 January 1885.[1]
In his hometown of Rehringhausen, a road (Pater Franz Xaver Nies Weg) has been named after Franz Xaver Nies.
See also
References
- ^ Georg M. Stenz, Life of Father Richard Henle, S.V.D.: missionary in China: assassinated November 1, 1897, Mission Press, S.V.D., Techny, IL, 1915
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