The Reverend Nicholas Kao Se Tseien | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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高師謙 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Died | (aged 110 years, 330 days) | 11 December 2007||||||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Amoy University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Known for | Oldest living Catholic priest | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Order | Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Church | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Joy Abbey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 高師謙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 高师谦 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicholas Kao Se Tseien O.C.S.O. (traditional Chinese: 高師謙; simplified Chinese: 高师谦; Cantonese Yale: Gōu Sī-hīm; Jyutping: Gou1 Si1him1; pinyin: Gāo Shīqiān; 15 January 1897[1] – 11 December 2007),[2] was a Chinese Trappist priest in Hong Kong who was the oldest-living Catholic priest and also the oldest person ever to have had a cataract operation, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.[1][3]