Paul Meng Zhuyou (; born January 8, 1963) is a

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Catholic clergyman and Metropolitan Archbishop of the

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from 2013.

Biography

He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1991. He accepted the episcopacy with a papal mandate on September 16, 2010. On November 24, 2013, he became Archbishop of Taiyuan Metropolitan, replacing his predecessor Bishop

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. His appointment was endorsed by the

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and the Chinese government.

References

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