Francis Wang Xueming Explained

Type:Bishop
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Term Start:August 19, 1951
Term End:February 10, 1997
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Predecessor:Louis Morel
Successor:John Baptist Wang Xixian
Francis Wang Xueming
Church:Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Hohhot
Province:Suiyuan
Ordination:July 28, 1935
Birth Date:4 October 1910
Birth Place:Dalad Banner, Mongolia, Qing China
Death Place:People's Republic of China
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Religion:Roman Catholic
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Francis Wang Xueming (; October 4, 1910 – February 10, 1997) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan between 1951 and 1997.[1] He was a member of the 6th and 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Wang was born in the town of, Dalad Banner, on October 4, 1910. He was ordained a priest on July 28, 1935.[2]

On August 19, 1951, the Holy See appointed him as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan[3] to replace Louis Morel, who resigned. He was consecrated on October 7.

Wang was arrested in 1955, charged with ‘contact with foreigners’ and detained for two years; he was arrested again in 1968 and detained for six months, after which he left the church for ten years. During this time, there was pressure for Wang (and other clergy) to get married, which was against their clerical rules; there is no definite evidence that Wang ever married. He returned to his work as Archbishop in 1980.[4] Archbishop Wang went on to join the Chinese Catholic Bishops’ College.

Wang died on February 10, 1997, aged 86.

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Metropolitan Archdiocese of Suiyuan . 15 November 2021 . gcatholic.org . 2021.
  2. https://hsstudyc.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/T182_13.pdf Holy Spirit Study Centre website, Three Cases: Challenges to the Church during the Cultural Revolution, by Anthony Lam, published in Tripod, No 182, Autumn 2016, page 120
  3. https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1990/11/14/first-two-chinaappointed-bishops-in-inner-mongolia-ordained-since-1957&post_id=31551 UCANews website, First Two China-appointed Bishops in Inner Mongolia Ordained since 1957, article dated November 13, 1990
  4. https://hsstudyc.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/T059_17.pdf Holy Spirit Study Centre website, Chinese Catholic Bishops appointed in China by Pope Pius XII, 1949 to 1955, by Anthony Lam Siu-ki, page 5