John Wang Renlei (; born April 1970) is a

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Catholic priest and the current bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou/Süchow ( la, Siuceuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Xuzhou (Jiangsu) in the Ecclesiastical province of Nanjing in China. History * July 1, 1931: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Xuzhou � ...

from 2011.

Biography

Wang was born in

Weishan County, Shandong Weishan County () is a county of southwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangsu province to the south. It is under the administration of Jining Jining () is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong provin ...

, in April 1970, to a Catholic family. He is the third of three brothers. He graduated from the

National Seminary of Catholic Church in China The National Seminary of Catholic Church in China () is a Catholic university in Daxing District of Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of pow ...

in May 1996. He was ordained a priest in August 1996. In August of the same year,

Joseph Liu Yuanren Joseph Liu Yuanren (; 16 March 1923 - 20 April 2005) was a Chinese Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Jiangsu, China. He also served as vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association from 1998 until his death in 2005. He was a member o ...

, the former chairman of the Chinese Catholic Church and then Bishop of Nanjing Diocese, consecrated him as a priest. From August 1996 to January 2005, he served in the Fengxian Catholic Church. On November 30, 2006, he was elected Coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou. In 2011 he became Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou. At the beginning of 2012, he reconciled with the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...

, which recognized him as the rightful Ordinary.

References

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