Louis van Dyck

Louis van Dyck
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan
Church	Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hohhot
Province	Suiyuan
Installed	10 August 1915
Term ended	5 December 1937
Predecessor	Alfons Bermyn
Successor	Louis Morel
Orders
Ordination	30 May 1885
Personal details
Born	(1862-01-21)21 January 1862 Loenhout, Flemish Region, Belgium
Died	4 December 1937(1937-12-04) (aged 75) Hohhot, Republic of China
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Louis van Dyck (Chinese: 葛崇德; pinyin: Gě Chóngdé; 21 January 1862 – 4 December 1937) was a Belgian Catholic priest, missionary, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan between 1915 and 1937.

Biography

Louis van Dyck was born in Loenhout, Flemish Region, Belgium, on 21 January 1862. He joined the CICM Missionaries in 1882. He was ordained a priest on 30 May 1885. He came to Mongolia to preach in 1887. On 10 August 1915 the Holy See appointed Louis van Dyck as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan to replace the dead Bishop Alfonso Bermyn. He was consecrated on 23 January 1916.

He retired in 1937, and died on 4 December that year, aged 75.