John Chen Shi-zhong

John Chen Shi-zhong (Chinese: 陳適中; pinyin: Chén Shìzhōng; Wade–Giles: Chʻen Shih-chung; 26 December 1917[1] – 16 December 2012 in Yibin, Sichuan, China)[2] was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Suifu (Yibin), China.

Born in 1917 to a Chinese Catholic family and raised in Yibin, Bishop Chen was ordained to the priesthood in 1947.[3]

Chen was imprisoned twice, first time during the 1950s and again during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. He was rehabilitated in 1981 and was named bishop in 1985.[2] He was recognized by the Holy See and the People's Republic of China as bishop.[2] In 1988 to 1989 he was briefly rector of the regional seminary in Szechwan, before returning to his diocese in Yibin, due to ill health.[3] In 2011, Peter Luo Xuegang was consecrated as coadjutor bishop of Yibin (Suifu) to assist Shizhong.[4][5]

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Notes and references

  1. ^ "Diocesan Officials". UCANews. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Bishop Chen Shizhong, of Yibin, is dead. He rebuilt the Church of Sichuan". AsiaNews. 17 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Mouning for Death of Bishop John Chen Snizhong". News.Va (Official Vatican Network). 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Ordination of new bishop in China with Pope's approval on November 30". Vatican Insider. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Ordinazione episcopale in Cina. La risposta di padre Lombardi ai giornalisti". News.Va (Official Vatican Network) (in Italian). 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
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