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Timoleon Raimondi

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Timoleon Raimondi (5 May 1827 – 27 September 1894) (Chinese: 高雷門) was the Last Prefect and First Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong (17 November 1874).

Raimondi was born in Milan, Italy. He was the younger brother of Antonio Raimondi, a prominent naturalist who worked in Peru. Timoleon was ordained as a priest on 25 May 1850. He was appointed as prefect of Hong Kong in Hong Kong on 27 December 1868.

Raimondi was also:

  • Titular Bishop of Achantus and Hong Kong – 4 October 1874
  • Titular Bishop of Achantus – 22 November 1874

He died in Hong Kong on 27 September 1894.

Raimondi College in the Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island was named after him.

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Further reading

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  • von Hübner, Joseph Alexander Graf (1874). A Ramble Round the World, 1871: Japan. Macmillan and Co, London; translated by Baroness Mary Elizabeth Herbert. pp. 373–378.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Prefect Apostolic of Hong Kong
1868–1874
Elevated to apostolic vicariate
New title Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong
1874–1894
Succeeded by
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Bishop of Achantus
1874–1894
Succeeded by