Leo Yao Liang (;1923 – December 30, 2009) was the

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bishop of the Diocese of Ziwanzi,

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. Ordained in 1946, Yao Liang was sentenced to a Chinese Communist labor camp in 1958 and was released in 1984. With the approval of the Vatican, he was ordained bishop on February 19, 2002.

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New York Times: Bishop Yao Liang, 87, Imprisoned in China for Loyalty to the Vatican, Dies
1923 births 2009 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in China {{China-RC-bishop-stub