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Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi
Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi (26 October 1919 – 20 April 2017) was a Chinese Roman Catholic bishop. He came from a Catholic family and attended the boys' seminary of Guiyang, the capital of Ghizhou Province in southwestern China, and entered the Saint Paul seminary. Ordained priest on October 24, 1949, Wang Chong-yi worked in pastoral care in Meitan and Zunyi. Much later he was arrested during the Cultural Revolution and sentenced to nine years of forced labor in a forced labor camp. Only in 1979 he was allowed to work again as a pastor. Wang Chong-yi served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Guiyang, China, for the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association from 1988 until 2014. Wang Chong-yi was elected bishop of Guiyang in 1987 and was ordained as a bishop on 4 December 1988 in Beijing. The Holy See gave its approval of Wang Chong-yi being elected and ordained a Catholic bishop. On 8 September 2014, he submitted his resignation request, which Pope Francis accepted on 4 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese People
The Chinese people or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation. Chinese people are known as Zhongguoren () or as Huaren () by speakers of standard Chinese, including those living in Greater China as well as overseas Chinese. Although both terms both refer to Chinese people, their usage depends on the person and context. The former term is commonly used to refer to the citizens of the People's Republic of China - especially mainland China. The term Huaren is used to refer to ethnic Chinese, and is more often used for those who reside overseas or are non-citizens of China. The Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group in China, comprising approximately 92% of its Mainland population.CIA Factbook "Han Chinese 91.6%" out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since Gregory III, a Syrian who reigned in the 8th century. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked for a time as a bouncer and a janitor as a young man before training to be a chemist and working as a technician in a food science laboratory. After recovering from a severe illness, he was inspired to join the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1958. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Roman Catholic Bishops In China
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2– 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Xiao Zejiang
Paul Xiao Zejiang (; born October 1967) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang since 2014. Biography Xiao was born in Guizhou in October 1967. He was ordained a priest in 1994. In October 2006, the Holy See announced the decision to appoint Paul Xiao Zejiang as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang/Kweyang ( la, Coeiiamen(sis), ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guiyang in China. History * October 15, 1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow from the Apostolic Vicariate of Fuji .... The episcopal ordination ceremony was held on September 8, 2007. He received his episcopal ordination with the papal mandate on September 8, 2007. The Chinese government also recognized him as the Bishop of the Diocese of Guizhou, a diocese set up illegally by the Chinese government in 1999, which corresponds to the whole of Guizhou province. On September 8, 2014, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustine Hu Daguo
Augustine Hu Daguo (15 May 1921 – 17 February 2011) was the underground Roman Catholic bishop (as such, he was then considered a part of the Vatican-recognized hierarchy in China approved by and in communion with the Pope) of the Apostolic Prefecture of Shiqian, Shiqian (Shihtsien), Guizhou, China. The Apostolic Prefecture of Shiqian is a suffragan see in the Province of the Archdiocese of Guiyang. Biography Augustine Hu Daguo was born on 15 May 1921 to a family of long Christian tradition in Tongzhou, Pingtang, Guizhou. He was baptized when he was one month old. From the age of 7 to 11 he studied the Bible and regularly frequented the local Catholic church. In 1936 he entered the Minor Seminary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang based in the capital city of Guizhou Province. He was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1951. After his presbyteral ordination, he taught in the Major Seminary, and in 1955 he was sent to work in the parish of Youtangkou as the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenit (Nachrichtenagentur)
Zenit, meaning "zenith", may refer to: Spaceflight and rocketry * Zenit (rocket family), a Soviet family of space launch vehicles * Zenit (satellite), a type of Soviet spy satellite * Zenit sounding rocket, a Swiss rocket Sports * Zenit (sports society), a USSR and Russian sports society ** FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, football club ** BC Zenit Saint Petersburg, basketball club * VC Zenit-Kazan, a volleyball club from Kazan city, Tatarstan, Russia * FC Zenit (other), a number of European football clubs * Zenit Nisko, former name of Sokół Nisko, a Polish football club Other uses * ''Zenit'' (album), a 2019 album by Austrian rapper RAF Camora * Zenit (camera), a Russian camera brand produced by KMZ * Zenit (Saint Petersburg Metro), a station on the Saint Petersburg Metro line 3 * Zenit News Agency, a former international news agency covering the Catholic Church * ''Zenit'', a magazine reviewing Croatian art of the 20th century People with the given name * Zenit Đozić ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
The Catholic Patriotic Association (), abbreviated CPA, is a state-sanctioned organization of Catholicism in the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1957 after a group of Chinese Catholics met in Beijing with officials from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Religious Affairs Bureau. It is the main organizational body of Catholics in China officially recognized by the Chinese government. It is not recognized by the Vatican. The organization is overseen by the CCP's United Front Work Department (UFWD) following the State Administration for Religious Affairs' absorption into the UFWD in 2018. The CPA does not oversee Catholics in Macau and Hong Kong. History After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party sought for ways to bring religions in alignment with the communist cause. While all religions were seen as superstitious, Christianity had the added challenge of being foreign. Efforts were made by Chinese Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiyang
Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, and on the north bank of the Nanming River, a branch of the Wu River. The city has an elevation of about . It has an area of . At the 2020 census, its population was 5,987,018, out of whom 4,506,134 lived in the six urban districts. A city with humid subtropical climate, Guiyang is surrounded by mountains and forest. The area, inhabited since at least the Spring and Autumn period, formally became the capital of the surrounding province in 1413, during the Yuan dynasty. The city is home to a large Miao and Bouyei ethnic minority population. Guiyang has a diversified economy, traditionally a center for aluminum production, phosphate mining, and optical instrument manufacturing. Following reforms, the majority of the city's economic output ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Guiyang
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang/Kweyang ( la, Coeiiamen(sis), ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guiyang in China. History * October 15, 1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow from the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian * 1715: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan * March 27, 1846: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow from the Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Guiyang * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang Leadership * Vicars Apostolic of Kweichow 貴州 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Etienne-Raymond Albrand, M.E.P. () (August 13, 1846 – April 22, 1853) ** Bishop Louis-Simon Faurie, M.E.P. () (1853 – June 21, 1871) ** Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. (December 22, 1871 – April 24, 1893) ** Bishop François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. (October 21, 1913 – December 3, 1924) * Vicars Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop François-Lazare Segu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
