Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, OFM,Cap | |
Native Name: | Marathi: 施洗約翰黃敏正 |
Native Name Lang: | mr |
Appointed: | 3 May 2023 |
Successor: | Incumbent |
Ordination: | 29 March 1984 |
Consecration: | 24 June 2022 |
Birth Name: | John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1955 |
Birth Place: | Madou, Tainan, Taiwan |
Coat Of Arms: | Bishop-john-baptist-huang-min-cheng.png |
Motto: | AD VOLUNTATEM DOMINI / 主旨承行 |
Nationality: | Taiwanese |
John Baptist Huang Min-Chen is a Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate currently serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan, Taiwan.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Min-Cheng was born on 23 March 1955, in Madou, Tainan, Taiwan. He attended the Franciscan minor seminary in Neihu district and studied philosophy and theology in Taipei. He was awarded a master's degree in spirituality from the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome.
Bishop Min-Cheng was ordained a priest on 29 March 1984, in Tainan for the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor.
On 3 May 2023, Pope Francis appointed Min-Cheng as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan. He was ordained a bishop on 24 June 2022 by Bosco Lin Chi-nan.