John Cai Tiyuan

John Cai Tiyuan (simplified Chinese: 蔡体远; traditional Chinese: 蔡體遠; pinyin: Cài Tǐyuǎn; 25 December 1920 - 24 November 1997) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou between 1981 and 2000.

John Cai Tiyuan
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou
Church	Cathedral of St. Joseph in Shantou
Province	Guangdong
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou
Installed	1981
Term ended	2000
Predecessor	Charles Vogel, M.E.P.
Successor	Peter Zhuang Jianjian
Orders
Ordination	1949
Personal details
Born	December 25, 1920 Jiexi County, Guangdong, China
Died	November 24, 1997 (aged 76) Shantou, Guangdong, China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Biography

Cai was born into a Catholic family in Jiexi County, Guangdong, China, on December 25, 1920.[1] In 1936 he was accepted to Jieyang Petrus Monastery. He was ordained a priest in February 1949. In 1981, he became the first priest to be elected by the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association after the Cultural Revolution. In 1986, he was elected as one of two vice presidents for the government-approved Catholic Diocese Conference affiliated with the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.[2] He eventually became the leader of the conference's liturgical commission. Cai celebrated his first Chinese Mass in February 1993. In July of the following year, he was elected President of the Guangdong Provincial Patriotic Association. He also became a member of the 7th National People's Congress in 1988, and was re-elected in 1993.[1] He died on November 24, 1997.

References

1. 揭西县人物 [People from Jiexi County]. jiexi.gov.cn (in Chinese). 27 April 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
2. 中国天主教爱国会 [Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association]. CCTV (in Chinese). 2000. Retrieved 4 November 2019.