French missionary-botanist (1856–1937)
| Annet Genestier | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1856-04-16)16 April 1856 Chambon-sur-Dolore, France |
| Died | 9 January 1937(1937-01-09) (aged 80) |
| Burial place | Sacred Heart Church, Zhongding |
| Occupation | Catholic missionary of the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris |
Annet Genestier (16 April 1856 – 9 January 1937, Chinese: 任安守; pinyin: Rén Ān shǒu) was a French Catholic priest of the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris and a botanist.
Biography
Genestier was born in Chambon-sur-Dolore. He was ordained a priest on 5 July 1885 in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont. On 7 October 1885, he departed for his mission.
Genestier came to Kangding in 1885. He arrived in Gongshan, Yunnan, in 1888. In 1896 he moved to Baihanluo, Yunnan. There he founded the Bahang Catholic Church [fr] in 1898. He also established a missionary post there in June 1899.
In 1905, conflicts against Christianity broke out in Deqing, Yanjing [zh], Zhongdian and Batang. In the same year, Genestier also wanted to build a church at Zhongding, Bingzhongluo, but he was opposed by the lamas at Puhua Temple (普化寺) and the locals. After another religious riot broke out in 1905 in Baihanluo and destroyed the church, Genestier went into exile until the Qing government granted him the fourth-rank of the official hat button (四品頂戴) in 1907. Using the compensation from the Qing government, he then rebuilt the Catholic Church in Baihanluo in 1908. In the same year, he also initiated the construction of the Sacred Heart Church, Zhongding.
Genestier was a "missionary-botanist" according to Jane Kilpatrick in her Fathers of Botany: The discovery of Chinese plants by European missionaries. She indicated that Genestier was the travel companion of André Soulié in the Tibetan borderlands. The botanist George Forrest mentioned Genestier in his "Journey on Upper Salwin, October-December, 1905" report. According to Beolens et al., Genestier received Francis Kingdon-Ward in 1913.
By 1924, Genestier had built five churches and formed a congregation of 978 locals. On 25 June 1925, Genestier officiated the 25th anniversary of the founding of the first missionary post on the Nujiang River.
Genestier died in 1937 and was buried at the Catholic Church in Zhongding. His tomb was destroyed along with the church complex during the Cultural Revolution and rebuilt later.
Legacy
A subspecies of the Rusty-capped fulvetta, Alcippe dubia genestieri, was named after Genestier. It is synonymous with Schoeniparus dubius genestieri.
Genestier also published the following writings:
- "Thibet : voyage au Loutse-Kiang". Les Missions catholiques (in French). Lyon. 1899. pp. 157–59.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Thibet : expédition en pays inconnu". Annales de la Société des Missions étrangères (in French). 1904. pp. 268–76.
- "La mission loutsé". Annales de la Société des Missions étrangères (in French). 1929. pp. 20–30.
References
Citations
- ^ "Annet GENESTIER" (in French). The France - Asia Research Institute. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ Liu, Dingyin (10 December 2022). 贡山白汉洛教堂 [Gongshan Baihanluo Church]. Encyclopedia of China. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ Diao, Ying (2015). Gospel Singing in the Valley: An Investigation into the Hymnody and Choral Singing of the Lisu on the China-Burma/Myanmar Border (PhD). University of Maryland, College Park. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ 吴, 艳 (October 2012). 滇西北民族聚居地建筑地区性与民族性的关联研究 [Associated Research of Regionality and Ethnicity in Minority Settlements of Northwest Yunnan] (PhD) (in Chinese). Tsinghua University. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "Georges ANDRÉ" (in French). The France - Asia Research Institute. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- 高, 志英. 贡山县丙中洛地区多种宗教从冲突到并存、交融发展历史研究 [Conflict, coexist and fusion——history study on the religion development of Binzhongluo district, Gongshan county] (PDF). Journal of Yunnan Normal University (in Chinese). 33 (1): 48–52. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- Kilpatrick 2014, p. VIII.
- Forrest, George (1908). "Journey on Upper Salwin, October-December, 1905". The Geographical Journal. 32 (3): 239–66. doi:10.2307/1777729. JSTOR 1777729. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
Pere Genestier of Tsekou gives it as 4900 feet
- ^ Beolens, Watkins & Grayson 2014, p. 211.
- Le Peut, Bruno (December 2020). "Christmas at Bingzhongluo" (PDF). Postal Himal. 2020 (184): 4.
- Chen, Haozhou (2 June 2021). 三江并流区天主教堂本土化特征与共性研究 [Study on Inculturation Characteristics and Commonality of Catholic Church in Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas] (MA). 昆明理工大学. doi:10.27200/d.cnki.gkmlu.2021.001763. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
Bibliography
- Kilpatrick, Jane (2014). Fathers of Botany: The discovery of Chinese plants by European missionaries (PDF). Richmond, Surrey, UK: Kew Publishing. ISBN 9781842465141.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Helm. p. 211. ISBN 978-1472905734.
- Editorial Committee of the History of Heritages in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture (2007). 怒江傈族自治州文物志 [History of Heritages in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture]. Kunming: Yunnan University Press. pp. 94–96. ISBN 978-7-81112-220-6.
External links
- Genestier's record from the France-Asia Research Institute (in French)