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Timoleon Raimondi (5 May 1827 – 27 September 1894) (Chinese :高雷門) was the Last Prefect and First Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong (17 November 1874).
Raimondi was born in Milan, Italy. He was the younger brother of Antonio Raimondi, a prominent naturalist who worked in Peru. Timoleon was ordained as a priest on 25 May 1850. He was appointed as prefect of Hong Kong in Hong Kong on 27 December 1868.
Raimondi was also:
He died in Hong Kong on 27 September 1894.
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Preceded by Luigi Ambrosi | Prefect Apostolic of Hong Kong 1868–1874 | Elevated to apostolic vicariate |
New title | Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong 1874–1894 | Succeeded by Louis Piazzoli |
Preceded by Hugh Conway | — TITULAR — Bishop of Achantus 1874–1894 | Succeeded by John Joseph Clancy |