Joseph Wu Qinjing (; born November 11, 1968) is a

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Catholic priest and the current bishop of Zhouzhi since 2005.

Biography

Wu was born in Wufeng Village of Xingping, Shaanxi, on November 11, 1968. After high school in 1989, he was accepted to Shanghai Sheshan Seminary, where he graduated in 1995. He was ordained a priest by Yang Guangyan () on February 11, 1996. In 2000, he went to the

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for further study. Three years later, he received a master's degree in etiquette theology from St. John's University, Minnesota. After receiving a master's degree from

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in 2005, he returned home and continued to teach at Shaanxi Seminary. In September 2006, he was put under house arrest by the Communist government. He was released in 2014. In 2010 he was elected Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhouzhi. He accepted the episcopacy with the papal mandate on October 19, 2005.

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