Adrien-Joseph Larribeau

Adrien-Joseph Larribeau

Bishop of Daejeon
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Daejeon
In office4 July 1958 – 6 November 1963
PredecessorVicariate erected
SuccessorPeter Hoang Min Syeng
Other postTitular Bishop of Thinus (1963-1974)
Previous postsTitular Bishop of Dusa (1926-1962)
Apostolic Vicar of Seoul (1933-1942)
Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Seoul (1926-1933)
Orders
Ordination10 March 1907
Consecration1 May 1927
by Gustave Mutel
Personal details
Born(1883-02-04)4 February 1883
Died12 August 1974(1974-08-12) (aged 91)

Adrien-Joseph Larribeau (4 February 1883 – 12 August 1974) was a Catholic priest who was Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon.[1]

Career

Larribeau began his career in 1907 in the La Société des Missions Etrangères as an ordained priest, later that year he went on his mission to Korea. In 1926, he was appointed to Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seoul, Korea. Also in 1926, he was appointed to the Titular Bishop of Dusa, being ordained the next year. With the Japanese occupation of Korea getting stricter he resigned from the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seoul in 1942. In 1958, he was appointed to the Vicar Apostolic of Daijeon. In 1962, he was appointed to the Bishop of Daejeon, the next year he retired. In 1963, he was appointed to the Bishop of Thinis. He died in 1974.

References

  1. ↑ "Bishop Adrien-Joseph Larribeau [Catholic-Hierarchy]".