Giovanni Antonio Hofman

Giovanni Antonio Hofman (simplified Chinese: 贺广才; traditional Chinese: 賀廣才; pinyin: Hè Guǎngcái; 12 June 1834 – 26 October 1917) was a Dutch Catholic missionary prelate and bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an from 1891 to 1901.^[1]

Giovanni Antonio Hofman
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
Church	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Changzhi
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
Installed	24 April 1891
Term ended	20 July 1901
Predecessor	Martin Poell
Successor	Albertus Odoricus Timmer
Orders
Ordination	29 August 1858
Personal details
Born	(1834-06-12)12 June 1834 Voerden, North Holland, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Died	26 October 1917(1917-10-26) (aged 83) Wychen, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Biography

Giovanni Antonio Hofman was born in Voerden, North Holland, United Kingdom of the Netherlands, on 12 June 1834. He joined the Franciscans on 4 October 1855. He was ordained a priest on 29 August 1858. In 1884, he was sent to the Qing Empire to preach, first in Hubei and then transferred to Shanxi. On 24 April 1891, he succeeded Martin Poell as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an.^[2] In the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, he fled to Lin County (now Linzhou), Henan, and returned to the Netherlands on 16 July 1901.^[3]

Giovanni Antonio Hofman died in Wychen on 26 October 1917, at the age of 83.