Adolph John Paschang [SEP] position held
Adolph John Paschang
Bishop Adolph John Paschang (, 16 April 1895 – 3 February 1968) was an American Maryknoll Catholic bishop, missionary, relief worker and educator working in the southern part of China in the early 20th century.
Early life.
Fr Adolph J. Paschang was born in Martinsburg, Audrain County, Missouri. He grew up on a farm there, studied at Campion College of the Sacred Heart (1916) (later Campion High School), then at St. Louis University High School in St. Louis,
then at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis. He joined the newly founded Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, commonly known as the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and was ordained a priest on 21 May 1921. After being ordained a priest, Paschang was immediately sent off to Kongmoon (now known as Jiangmen) China.
Ministries.
Fr Adolph J. Paschang preached and worked in southern China, covering Gaozhou, previously known as Kochow. Fr Paschang worked in the Sacred Heart School in Gaozhou, Maoming, the second school ever