Taddeo Wang Yuesheng (also known as Thaddeus Wang Yuesheng;
(; born 27 February 1966) is a Chinese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of the
Diocese of Zhengzhou since January 2024. He has been a priest since 1993.
Biography
Taddeo Wang Yuesheng was born in
Zhumadian in the province of
Henan on 27 February 1966. He studied philosophy and theology at the Centre South Seminary from 1987 to 1993 and was ordained a priest in
Hankou on 17 October 1993. He has worked as a parish priest in
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...
, since December 2011 in the District of Huiji there.
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He has been president of the Henan Patriotic Association since 2011.][
On 16 December 2023, Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Zhengzhou, in accordance with the procedures established by the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic of China,][ dated 22 September 2018.][ from ]Joseph Shen Bin
Joseph Shen Bin (born 23 February 1970) is a Chinese prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as Bishop of Shanghai and president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. He was Bishop of Haimen from 2010 to 2023.
Biography
Joseph Shen Bin w ...
, Bishop of Shanghai and President of the Catholic Patriotic Association,Joseph Zhang Yinlin
Joseph Zhang Yinlin (; born April 1971) is a Chinese Catholic priest and the current bishop of Weihui.
Biography
Zhang was born in Linzhou, Henan, in April 1971. He graduated from the National Seminary of Catholic Church in China in 1996. He w ...
, Bishop of Jixian, and Joseph Yang Yongqiang, Bishop of Zhoucon.[
In 2020 and 2023 he was elected as member of the ]13th
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and 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conferences.[ and the first since September 2021.][ He is the first resident bishop in Zhengzhou in over 70 years.][
]
See also
* China–Holy See relations
There have been no official People's Republic of ChinaHoly See relations as the Holy See instead recognizes the Republic of China as the representative of China.
However, in September 2018 the People's Republic of China and the Holy See signe ...
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References
External links
Bishop Taddeo Wang Yuesheng
on Catholic Hierarchy
Living people
1966 births
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in China
Chinese Roman Catholic bishops
Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Members of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
People from Zhumadian
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