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This article narrates the history of Belgian Sinology both before and since the birth of Sinology () and of Belgium ()..
Theophiel Verbist
Belgian priest
Theophile Verbist, CICM (Chinese: 南懷義 12 June – 23 February ) was a Belgian Catholic priest who founded the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a missionary religious congregation of men.
Theophile Verbist Lifetime Achievement.
He led missionary activities in China.[1]
Early life
Verbist was born in Antwerp, Belgium on 12 June [2][3] After studies at the Minor Seminary and Major Seminary, Mechelen, he was ordained as a priest on 18 September by Cardinal Engelbert Sterckx, Archbishop of Mechelen.
He was appointed subregent of the Minor Seminary of Mechelen on 1 October [4]
Career in Belgium
In he became chaplain of the Military Academy in Brussels. He was simultaneously appointed director of the Sisters of Molenbeek, a Congregation of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, which worked since in various countries as missionaries.
He became the National Director in Belgium of the Association of the Holy Childhood, a charitable org