James Xie Shiguang ( zh, s=谢仕光, t=謝仕光, p=Xiè Shìguāng; May 7, 1917 – August 25, 2005) was a
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of the
People's Republic of China
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's
Underground Roman Catholic Church.
Career
Xie was ordained to the priesthood on May 3, 1949, and he became a bishop on January 25, 1984.
Arrests
Xie was arrested multiple times in China. The first arrest was in 1955, when he refused to enter the
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
The Catholic Patriotic Association (), abbreviated CPA, is a state-sanctioned organization of Catholicism in the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1957 after a group of Chinese Catholics met in Beijing with officials from the Chi ...
. He was arrested again for the same reason in 1958, but he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. He was then arrested in 1984, released in 1987, and was arrested yet again in 1990 until he was once again released in 1992.
In 1999, Xie was invited by Chinese government officials "for a chat" that lasted for two months. The location of the meeting is unknown. After the meeting, he was freed but was under surveillance for the rest of his life.
Death
Xie died from
leukemia
Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ' ...
on August 25, 2005, at the age of 88.
Legacy
A street has been named after him in 2021 in Budapest.
See also
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Catholicism in China
The Catholic Church in China (called Tiānzhǔ Jiào, 天主敎, literally "Religion of the Lord of Heaven" after the Chinese term for the Christian God) has a long and complicated history. John of Montecorvino was the first Roman Catholic ...
References
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in China
1917 births
2005 deaths
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in China
Deaths from leukemia
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