Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | Benedict Bonaventura |
Honorific Suffix: | O.F.M. |
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan | |
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Term Start: | 1981 |
Term End: | 1994 |
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Predecessor: | Paul Li Dehua |
Successor: | Sylvester Li Jian-tang |
Zhang Xin | |
Church: | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan |
Diocese: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan |
Ordination: | 1937 |
Birth Date: | 23 October 1911 |
Birth Place: | Taiyuan, Shanxi, China |
Death Place: | Taiyuan, Shanxi, China |
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Religion: | Roman Catholic |
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Alma Mater: | Fu Jen Catholic University |
Native Name: | 张信 (simplified Chinese); 張信 (traditional Chinese); Zhāng Xìn (pinyin) |
Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin (; 23 October 1911 – 10 September 1999) was a Chinese Catholic priest and bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan from 1981 to 1994.[1]
Zhang was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi, on 23 October 1911.[2] He joined the Order of Friars Minor in 1931.[2] He was ordained a priest in 1937.[2] He graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University.[2]
During the ten-year Cultural Revolution, Zhang was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.[2]
In 1981, Zhang was consecrated as bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan by Joseph Zong Huaide, the zhen president of the Catholic Patriotic Association.[2] He retired in 1994.[2]
Zhang died of an illness on 10 September 1999, at the age of 87.[2]