Lorenzo Bianchi

{{short description|20th-century Italian Catholic bishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = Lorenzo Bianchi | honorific-suffix = | title = Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong |image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Hong Kong | see = | enthroned = 26 October 1952 | ended = 30 November 1968 | predecessor = Enrico Valtorta | opposed = | successor = Francis Hsu | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong (1949–1951)|Titular Bishop of Choma (1949–1951)|Titular Bishop of Sorres (1968–1976)}} | ordination = 23 September 1922 | consecration = 9 October 1949 | consecrated_by = Enrico Valtorta | cardinal = | rank = | other_post = | motto = ''Respice Stellam'' | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1899|4|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Corteno, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|1983|2|13|1899|4|1|df=y}} | death_place = Brescia, Italy | religion = Catholic | residence = | parents = | alma_mater = | signature = | coat_of_arms =Coat of arms of Lorenzo Bianchi.svg }} {{Infobox bishopstyles | name=Lorenzo Bianchi | dipstyle=His Excellency<br>The Right Reverend | offstyle=Your Excellency | relstyle=Monsignor | deathstyle=none | image=Coat of arms of Lorenzo Bianchi.svg| image_size=200px|}} {{No footnotes|date=November 2025}} {{Notability|date=November 2025}} '''Lorenzo Bianchi''' ({{zh|t=白英奇}}; 1 April 1899 – 13 February 1983) was born in Italy, at Corteno, near Brescia. Mons. Lorenzo Bianchi was ordained a Priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) on 23 September 1922 and arrived in Hong Kong on 13 September 1923. ==Career== In 1924, Bianchi worked in Sai Kung, New Territories; from 1925 to 1929 in Swa Bue, Hoi Fung District; from 1930 to 1941 (and for a 2nd time from 1948 to 1949) he was the director of Hoi Fung District. He was appointed as coadjutor bishop of Hong Kong on 21 April 1949 and was consecrated titular bishop of Choma on 9 October 1949 and returned to Hoi Fung. He succeeded his predecessor on 3 September 1951 and, after he was released from China, was installed on 26 October 1952. He resigned on 30 November 1968 and was appointed the titular bishop of Sorres until 10 October 1976. He returned to Italy on 19 April 1969 and died there on 13 February 1983.

The Caritas Bianchi College of Careers (CBCC) in Hong Kong is named after Bianchi.

==See also== * Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong

==References== <references />

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406040006/http://archives.catholic.org.hk/administrators/bianchi.htm Official Biography on the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bianchi, Lorenzo}} Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong Category:Participants in the Second Vatican Council Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hong Kong Category:1899 births Category:1983 deaths Category:20th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests