Peter Feng Xinmao (; born 21 January 1963) is a

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Catholic priest and Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jingxian The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jingxian/Kinghsien ( la, Chimscien(sis), ) is a diocese located in Jingxian (Hengshui) in the Ecclesiastical province of Beijing in China. History * April 24, 1939: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Jingxi ...

(Hengshui) since 2008.

Biography

Feng was born in Shenzhou,

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

on January 21, 1963. He was ordained a priest in 1998. In 1983 he entered 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 ...

. He was ordained

Coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co ...

of the

(Hengshui) on January 6, 2004. The regular bishop of Jingxian,

Mathias Chen Xilu Mathias Chen Xilu (; 6 February 1928 – 16 January 2008) was a Chinese Roman Catholic bishop of Hengshui, Hebei. He had been appointed to his post by the Vatican, and had been recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China. Life ...

, had been in a coma since 2002 after a stroke. His predecessor, Bishop

Peter Fan Wenxing Peter Fan Wenxing (; 27 January 1921 – 28 February 2006) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jingxian from 1981 to 1999. Biography Fan was born in the village of Zhujiahe, Jing County, Hebei, China on Ja ...

, was retired and lived in a small congregation. Feng became the first priest with a higher academic degree from abroad who was bishopriced for the Catholic Church in China after the religious policy of the

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was laid down in the 1980s and the religions were allowed to rebuild their work. He holds a master's degree in church law from 1998 from the University of Leuven in

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. He had also studied in Manila before returning to China, and taught English and philosophy at the regional seminar in

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, capital of his home province. On January 21, 2011, he was elected president of Hebei Seminary.

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