Adrien Languillat

He was titular bishop of Sergiopolis (1856–1878) and vicar apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li (1856–1864) and Kiangnan (1864–1878).

Adrien-Hippolyte Languillat was born in Chantemerle, district of Épernay (Marne), on 28 September 1808.

[2] Languillat emphasized the importance of education in the work of the mission, and was eager to support the development of an indigenous clergy.

He returned to China after three months in France, accompanied by six sisters of the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls who were to take charge of an orphanage in Zikawei (Shanghai).

[3] In Shanghai (which depended on Nanjing's headquarters), he approved the foundation of the Sisters of the Presentation (the presentandines) in 1873 for young Chinese women.