Timoleon Raimondi

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.

References

    Further reading
    • 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.
    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Luigi Ambrosi    		 Prefect Apostolic of Hong Kong
    1868–1874    		 Elevated to apostolic vicariate
    New title Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong
    1874–1894    		 Succeeded by
    Louis Piazzoli
    Preceded by
    Hugh Conway    		 — TITULAR —
    Bishop of Achantus
    1874–1894    		 Succeeded by
    John Joseph Clancy
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