Everard Ter Laak

Everard Ter Laak (Chinese: 兰克复; November 5, 1868 - May 5, 1931) was a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary and bishop who worked in China during the late Qing dynasty and early Republic of China.[1]

Everard Ter Laak
Vicars Apostolic of Xiwanzi
Province	Gansu
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Qinzhou Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiwanzi
Installed	12 January 1924
Term ended	5 May 1931
Predecessor	Jeroom Van Aertselaer
Successor	Leone Giovanni M. De Smedt
Orders
Ordination	1892
Personal details
Born	November 5, 1868 Didam, Montferland, Netherlands
Died	May 5, 1931 (aged 62) Gaojiayingzi, China
Nationality	Dutch
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Jacobus Everardus Ter Laak Maria Bernardina van der Grinten
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	蘭克複
Simplified Chinese	兰克复
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lán Kèfù

Biography

Everard Ter Laak was born on November 5, 1868 in Didam, Montferland, Netherlands, the son of the Miller Jacobus Everardus Ter Laak (1824–1888) and his wife Maria Bernardina van der Grinten (1832–1886).

On November 17, 1889, he entered the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. On April 3, 1892, he was ordained a priest within the Congregation and went on mission to the Qing Empire.

On June 21, 1906, Pope Pius X appointed him Apostolic Vicar of the Southern Kansu. In 1914 he was appointed titular bishop of Paroecopolis. The episcopal consecration Jerome van Aertselaer donated him. Co-consecrators were Alphonse Bermyn and Conrad Abels. At the same time he was appointed Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar of Central Mongolia. In 1922, the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Mongolia was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Chahar. In 1924 he was appointed as the successor of Jeroom Van Aertselaer, which was renamed in the same year the Apostolic Vicariate of Xiwanzi. At the same time he was Superior of Urga in Mongolia.

In addition, from 1924 until the death of Bishop Everard Ter Laak, he was the Apostolic Administrator of the mission of sui iuris Urgi in Mongolia.

Everard Ter Laak died on 5 May 1931 at the age of 62.

References

1. "Catholic Hierarchy in China since 1307".

External links

• "biskup/bterla". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
• GCatholic
• "Ter Laak, Everard". Catholic Hierarchy in China since 1307. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
• "Portret mgr. Everard Ter Laak, missiebisschop Mongolië (1914)". archieven.nl. Retrieved 2018-09-30.