Background
Mr. Hou was born in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China on February 22, 1881.
Mr. Hou was born in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China on February 22, 1881.
He finished preliminary studies of philosophy at the seminary in Chusan and then entered the congregation of the Mission in September 1906.
After his novitiate in the provincial house of Kashing and his religious vows were taken, Mr. Hu was ordained a priest in June, 1909. Following one year of missionary work in Haimen (Chekiang (Zhejiang)), he took up the chair of philosophy in the Seminary St. Paul at Ningbo (Ningpo).