Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin Explained

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]

Biography

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]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Cheney . David . Bishop Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin . Catholic-Hierarchy . 11 February 2023.
  2. News: 10 September 1999 . zh:两位主教安息主怀 . zh . The two bishops rest in peace . zhonglian.org . Zhonglian-China Catholic Communication . 11 February 2023.