Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol
Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Amboina Diocese (Emeritus) | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Amboina Diocese |
| In office | 1965 - 1994 |
| Predecessor | Jacques Grent |
| Successor | Petrus Canisius Mandagi |
| Previous post(s) | Priest |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | August 10, 1940 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 19, 1915 |
Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. (born October 19, 1915) is a Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. As of 2009, at the age of 109, he is one of the oldest Catholic bishops; he still lives in Amboina, one of the Moluccan islands in Indonesia. He was born in Sloten Amsterdam.
Sol was born in Sloten, what used to be a farmer's village close to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and ordained a priest on August 10, 1940 from the Roman Catholic order Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Andreas was appointed to the Amboina Diocese in Indonesia on December 10, 1963, and succeeded then-bishop Jacques Grent as Bishop of the diocese on January 15, 1965. He remained bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amboina until his retirement on June 10, 1994. He ordained his successor P.C. Mandagi MSC.
Sol was Titular bishop of Regiana from 1963 to 1965.
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