Georg Weig

Georg Weig, SVD ( Chinese Name: Wei Changlu ) ( born December 14, 1883 in Beratzhausen; † October 3, 1941 in Qingdao ) was a German bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Weig, a member of the Divine Word Missionaries, served as Prefect of the Apostolic Prefecture in Qingdao, the former German Tsingtao. During his tenure, the St. Michael's Cathedral was built and consecrated, in which he was buried. The cathedral was destroyed by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution, but could be reopened in 1981. Successor on 10 November 1942, later Cardinal Thomas Tien Ken -sin.

Commemoration

• The written both in Chinese and Latin inscription on his grave reads:

" Dormit in Christ Exellentia Dominus Georg Weig SVD Primus Vicarius apostolicus de Tsingtao. Qui Hanc ecclesiam a primus episcopatus sui annis miro animi vigore exstruendam navabat eamque S. Michaeli principi militiae caelestis dedicans the 28.X.1934 sollemniter consecravit. Exstitit vigilans fidelium pastor Animarium juventutis sudiosae assiduus Fautor. Missionariorum suorum dux prudens providusque pater. Natus 14.XII.1883 Sacepdos ordinatus 10.II.1907. Episcopus consecratus 23.IX.1926 Piissime Obdormivit Domino 3.X.1941 RIP "

• Even at his birthplace in Beratzhausen there is a plaque that commemorates Georg Weig.