John Chen Shi-zhong

John Chen Shi-zhong (Chinese: 陳適中; pinyin: Chén Shìzhōng; Wade–Giles: Chʻen Shih-chung; 26 December 1917[1] – 16 December 2012 in Yibin, China)[2] was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suifu (Yibin), China.

Born in 1917 to a Chinese Catholic family and raised in Yibin, Bishop Chen was ordained to the priesthood in 1947.[3]

Chen was imprisoned twice, first time during the 1950s and again during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. He was rehabilitated in 1981 and was named bishop in 1985.[2] He was recognized by the Holy See and the People's Republic of China as bishop.[2] In 1988 to 1989 he was briefly rector of the regional seminary in Szechwan, before returning to his diocese in Yibin, due to ill health.[3] In 2011, Peter Luo Xuegang was consecrated as coadjutor bishop of Yibin (Suifu) to assist Shizhong.[4][5]

Notes and references
  1. "Diocesan Officials". UCANews. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012.
  2. "Bishop Chen Shizhong, of Yibin, is dead. He rebuilt the Church of Sichuan". AsiaNews. 17 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012.
  3. "Mouning for Death of Bishop John Chen Snizhong". News.Va (Official Vatican Network). 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
  4. "Ordination of new bishop in China with Pope's approval on November 30". Vatican Insider. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
  5. "Ordinazione episcopale in Cina. La risposta di padre Lombardi ai giornalisti". News.Va (Official Vatican Network) (in Italian). 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.


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