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Peter Chen Bolu
Peter Chen Bolu (23 May 1914 – November 5, 2009) was the Chinese bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daming. Biography Chen was born in 1914. He was first ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1944. He was imprisoned and sent to a hard labor camp during the Cultural Revolution. Chen was secretly ordained the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong by Bishop Francis Han Tingbi in 1986. He was openly installed and ordained as the Chinese bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Handan on May 29, 1988. Unlike other bishops, Chen's appointment was supported both by the Vatican and the government of the People's Republic of China. As bishop, Chen oversaw the construction of the Dazhong Hospital within the diocese, which opened in 1994. He also built ten health care clinics throughout the diocese, which is located in northern China. He remained at that post until his retirement in 1999. Chen died on November 5, 2009, at the Dazhong Hospital (), which he built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Yongnian
The Diocese of Yongnian/Weixian ( la, Iomnienin(us), ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese located in the city of Yongnian, China. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Beijing. The diocese is also named Diocese of Handan/Yongnian (). History The Catholic Church in Handan was established as an apostolic prefecture on May 24, 1929, by Pope Pius XI. The diocesan territory covered the counties of Yongnian, Jize, Zhuzhou, Weixian, Chengan, Cixian, Handan, Qinghe, Guangping, Feixiang with the cathedral located at Zhaozhuang of Weixian. It became an apostolic vicariate on March 6, 1933 and was made a diocese on April 11, 1946. * May 24, 1929: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Yongnian 永年 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Xianxian 獻縣 * March 6, 1933: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Yongnian 永年 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Yongnian 永年 The Diocese plans to build a cathedr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Labor Camp
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