Adrien-Joseph Larribeau

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Adrien-Joseph Larribeau
Born4 February 1883
La Romieu, France [1]
Died12 August 1974
Montbeton, France
Occupations
  • Priest
  • Bishop
Years active1907 – 1974

Adrien-Joseph Larribeau (4 February 1883 – 12 August 1974) was a Catholic priest who was Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon.[2]

Career[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "2932 - LARRIBEAU Adrien".
  2. ^ "Bishop Adrien-Joseph Larribeau [Catholic-Hierarchy]".