Nicholas Kao Se Tseien
| Nicholas Kao Se Tseien, O.C.S.O. | |
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| Born | January 15, 1897? Fuzhou, Fujian, China |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hong Kong, China |
| Occupation | Catholic priest |
Nicholas Kao Se Tseien, O.C.S.O., (traditional Chinese: 高師謙; simplified Chinese: 高师谦; pinyin: Gāo Shīqiān; January 15, 1897? – December 11, 2007)[1] was a Chinese Catholic priest living in Hong Kong who was both the oldest Catholic priest in modern times and the oldest ever person to have had a cataract operation.[citation needed]
In 2007, he celebrated his claimed 110th birthday, and, in doing so, he reached supercentenarian status. If his age had been verified he would have been, from October 13, 2007 until his death, the second-oldest man in Asia and the seventh-oldest man in the world. However, his age has never been verified by an independent international authority on longevity, such as the Gerontology Research Group.[2]
Biography
Born in Fuzhou, Fujian province, Kao, one of four brothers, converted to Roman Catholicism at age 18 while attending a school run by Spanish Dominican friars. Although trained as a teacher and studying law at night, he ultimately decided to become a priest.
His clerical life brought him from China to Taiwan, Malaysia and, finally, Hong Kong. He was a priest in Our Lady of Joy Abbey (Trappist Haven Monastery) on Lantau Island for more than 30 years.
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External links
- An interview by The Standard, October 8, 2005
- (Italian) Reportage at Vatican Radio, January 18, 2007
- Kao's photo on The Standard
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with hCards
- Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text
- Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from December 2007
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- 1897 births
- 2007 deaths
- Chinese supercentenarians
- Converts to Roman Catholicism
- Chinese Roman Catholic priests
- Hong Kong Roman Catholics
- Chinese expatriates to Hong Kong
- People with cataracts
- Trappists
