Cyrillus Jarre

Cyril Jarre ( born February 2, 1878 in Ahrweiler, Rhineland -Palatinate, † March 8, 1952 in Tsinan, China), Franciscan, was Archbishop of Tsinan and translator of canon law and legal texts from Chinese into Latin.

Life

Archbishop Cyril Jarre was born as Rudolf Jarre. He was the fourth of eight children, his father Heinrich was a wealthy merchant Ahrweiler. Rudolf Jarre attended a high school German Franciscans in the Dutch Harreveld ( money ). On August 23, 1897, he entered the Franciscan Order and took the religious name Cyril. He studied theology in Paderborn.

After his ordination on August 14, 1903, Paderborn Cathedral, he was sent to China, where he was at various locations in the training of native clergy ' works. As a medical orderly, he witnessed the siege of Tsingtao and fell into Japanese captivity. In the years 1921 and 1922 Cyril led the relief efforts of the Franciscans after a serious flood disaster of the Yellow River. For this he received from the government the "Order of the Golden Spike " and the "Chinese decorations ".

On September 16, 1924 Cyril Jarre was called to Rome. From 1924 to 1929 he was Professor of Missiology and practical missionary work of the Order of High School San Antonio. He participated in the Fifth International Mission Congress in Würzburg from 24 to 29 September 1928. On May 18, 1929, he was appointed Apostolic Vicar of Tsinanfu and Titular Bishop of Metropolis appointed in Asia. On July 25, 1929, he was consecrated in the Cathedral of Trier bishop. On his trip to China, he visited Japan to learn about the local missionary work.

Since 1933, he edited the weekly newspaper Kuang Hua Pao ( "China Light" ). He translated 1934, the civil Code of the Republic of China in the Latin language, and from 1936, the Code of Canon Law of the Latin into Chinese, "an epoch-making work of the Catholic Church in China." During the great flood of 1936, a temporary hospital was constructed under Bishop Cyril. In 1937 he took part in Manila on International Eucharistic Congress.

On April 11, 1946 Cyril Jarre was raised in the course of the establishment of the hierarchy in China Archbishop of Tsinan. He was also administrator of an Apostolic Prefecture, and shortly thereafter became targeted by the new communist government. On 25 July 1951, as the 23rd anniversary of his episcopal ordination, he was arrested and sent on 17 October 1951 in the prison of Tsinan. On March 8, 1952, he died at St. Joseph's Hospital of Tsinan. He was laid to rest finally after several exhumations at the cemetery Lin Chio Chuan on the outskirts of Tsinan.