MA, STL, (1889–1963) was an Irish priest who served on missions to China and Korea.
Edward Galvin, was part of the first mission to China, arriving on the Yawata Maru, Shanghai, in June 1920, and Fr Polin was to serve in China for six years.
[1][2] Monsignor McPolin served as the Apostolic Prefect in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju from 1937 until 1943, he also served as the first Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chunchon, Korea, from 1939 until 1941.
He was placed under house arrest by the Japanese during the Second World war,[3] he served as Apostolic Prefect in the Archdiocese of Gwangju again from 1945 until 1947.
[4] A number of Owen McPolin's family served in the church including his uncles, the Very Rev.