John Lee Juo-wang explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Nationality:Taiwanese
Religion:Roman Catholic
Alma Mater:Pontifical Urban University
Motto:悔改、順服、見證
Native Name:李若望
Birth Place:Tainan, Taiwan
John Lee Juo-wang
Appointed:14 November 2020
Bishop Emeritus of Tainan
Archdiocese:Taipei
Diocese:Tainan
Birth Date:2 November 1966
Ended:19 June 2021
Predecessor:Bosco Lin Chi-nan
Successor:John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng
Ordination:1 January 1993
Consecration:1 January 2021
Consecrated By:Bosco Lin Chi-nan
Native Name Lang:Mandarin

John Lee Juo-Wang (born 2 November 1966) is a Taiwanese prelate of the Catholic Church who was the bishop of Tainan, Taiwan, for less than six months in 2021.

He was the first native of Taiwan consecrated a bishop in 30 years.

Biography

John was born on 2 November 1966 in Tainan city, Taiwan, to parents who arrived in Taiwan in the 1950s as refugees from mainland China. One of nine siblings, he was given up for adoption; the first family that adopted him had financial problems and he was then adopted a second time by a family that raised him as a Catholic.[1] He attended Salesian High School in Tainan and entered minor seminary at the age of 12. He studied philosophy and theology at St. Pius X Seminary in Tainan.

On 1 January 1993, John was ordained a priest for the Tainan Diocese. Tainan Cathedral Parish as assistant parish priest (1993-96) and Holy Name of Jesus Parish as parish priest (1996-99). After earning a licentiate degree in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, he returned to Tainan and served as parish priest of the Causa Nostrae Laetitiae Shrine and of St. Joseph's Church. He was president of the Commission for the Promotion of Vocations, became chancellor of the diocese in 2017 and its vicar general in 2019.

John was appointed fifth bishop of the Tainan by Pope Francis on 14 November 2020[2] and consecrated a bishop on 1 January 2021 by Bishop Bosco Lin Chi-nan.[3]

Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 19 June 2021.[4] John told the diocese that he resigned because of "serious psychological and physical problems".[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 16 November 2020 . Msgr John Lee Juo-wang is the new bishop of Tainan. 21 May 2021. Asia News .
  2. Resignations and Appointments. 21 May 2021. Holy See Press Office.
  3. Web site: New Taiwan bishop brings years of pastoral expertise . 4 January 2021. 21 May 2021. UCA News. en.
  4. Holy See Press Office . 19 June 2021 . Resignations and Appointments, 19.06.2021 . 19 June 2021 .
  5. News: 21 June 2021 . Tainan bishop resigns a few months after his appointment . 21 June 2021 . Asia News .