Anthony Dang Mingyan

Anthony Dang Mingyan (simplified Chinese: 党明彦; traditional Chinese: 黨明彥; pinyin: Dǎng Míngyàn; born 12 July 1967) is a Chinese Catholic priest and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xi'an since 2006.[1]

Anthony Dang Mingyan
Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xi'an
Church	St. Francis Cathedral of Xi'an
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xi'an
Province	Shaanxi
Installed	July 5, 2006
Predecessor	Antony Li Du'an
Orders
Ordination	September 1991
Consecration	July 2005
Personal details
Born	July 12, 1967 Shanyang County, Shaanxi, China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Sheshan Seminary Shaanxi Normal University

Biography

Dang was born as the eighth of nine children in a Catholic family in Getiao Township of Shanyang County, Shaanxi, China, on July 12, 1967. He began a priesthood seminar in Xi'an, Shaanxi in 1985 but continued his theological education at the Sheshan Seminary in Shanghai. He was ordained a priest in 1991. From 1991 to 1996 he taught at Shaanxi Provincial Seminary. In 2002 he was accepted to Shaanxi Normal University, majoring in psychology, where he graduated in 2004. Prior to his diocese, he was the parish priest of St. Antony's Church, four kilometers west of the St. Francis Cathedral of Xi'an, since it opened in 2003. He became auxiliary bishop of Xi'an on July 26, 2005, which was recognized by the Pope. On July 5, 2006, he became Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xi'an.[2]

References

1. Li Quanshe (李全社) (3 January 2019). 西安教区党明彦主教应邀参加陕西省基督教第八次代表会议并代表各宗教团体致贺词. chinacatholic.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
2. 西安教区历任主教 [List of Archbishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xi'an]. rcxa.org (in Chinese). 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2019.