Matthew Yu Chengcai

Matthew Yu Chengcai (Chinese: 郁成才; 27 August 1917 - 18 March 2006) was a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangsu, China.

Matthew Yu Chengcai
Native name	郁成才
Province	Jiangsu
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Haimen
Successor	Joseph Shen Bin
Orders
Ordination	1959
Personal details
Born	August 27, 1917 Chongming District, Shanghai, China
Died	March 18, 2006 (aged 88) Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Fu Jen Catholic University
Chinese name
Chinese	郁成才
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yù Chéngcái

He was a member of the 8th, 9th, 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Yu was born in Chongming District of Shanghai, on August 27, 1917, to a Catholic family. After high school, he entered the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Haimen and then studied theology at the Xuhui Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest in 1946. In August 1946 he was accepted to the Fu Jen Catholic University in Beijing, after university in 1950, he was assigned to the Xilei High School (Chinese: 天主教锡类中学) as its president. In August 1954 he worked in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haimen. In November 1959 he had been made a bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Haimen without consent of the Pope and was excommunicated latae sententiae. He was among the bishops who became bishops without a papal mandate in the People's Republic of China 1958-1962.[1][2]

Later, after the Cultural Revolution, the Holy See legitimized a number of the illegitimate bishops who were still alive, but Bishop Yu was not among them.

He died of illness on March 18, 2006.

References

1. Zhang Wen (2006). 郁成才主教的人生两点——追忆天主教海门教区主教郁成才 (in Chinese). 4. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. Zhang Zhenshi. 爱国爱教的牧羊人——记全国政协委员、天主教海门教区主教郁成才 (in Chinese). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)