Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol
Encyclopedia
Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. (born October 19, 1915) is a Dutch
prelate
of the Roman Catholic Church. As of 2009, at the age of , he is one of the oldest Catholic bishops; he still lives in Amboina, one of the Moluccan islands in Indonesia
. He was born in Sloten Amsterdam
.
Sol was born in Sloten, what used to be a farmer's village close to Amsterdam, Netherlands
, and ordained a priest on August 10, 1940 from the Roman Catholic order Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Andreas was appointed to the Amboina Diocese in Indonesia on December 10, 1963, and succeeded then-bishop Jacques Grent as Bishop of the diocese on January 15, 1965. He remained bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amboina until his retirement on June 10, 1994. He ordained his successor P.C. Mandagi MSC.
Sol was Titular bishop
of Regiana from 1963 to 1965.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
prelate
Prelate
A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...
of the Roman Catholic Church. As of 2009, at the age of , he is one of the oldest Catholic bishops; he still lives in Amboina, one of the Moluccan islands in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. He was born in Sloten Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
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Sol was born in Sloten, what used to be a farmer's village close to Amsterdam, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, and ordained a priest on August 10, 1940 from the Roman Catholic order Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Andreas was appointed to the Amboina Diocese in Indonesia on December 10, 1963, and succeeded then-bishop Jacques Grent as Bishop of the diocese on January 15, 1965. He remained bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amboina until his retirement on June 10, 1994. He ordained his successor P.C. Mandagi MSC.
Sol was Titular bishop
Titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place...
of Regiana from 1963 to 1965.
See also
- List of oldest Catholic bishops
- Amboina Diocese
- Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus