Joseph Zhang Yinlin (; born April 1971) is a

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Catholic priest and the current bishop of Weihui.

Biography

Zhang was born in Linzhou,

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, in April 1971. He graduated from the

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in 1996. He was ordained a priest in 2004. In 2011 he was elected deputy director of the Henan Catholic Academic Affairs Committee. In 2013 he was elected a member of the 12th Henan People's Political Consultative Conference of the

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. On April 29, 2015, he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Anyang, which was recognized by the

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. On May 8, 2016, he became bishop of Weihui.

References

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