John Wang Renlei Explained

Type:Bishop
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou
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Term Start:2011
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Predecessor:Thomasa Qian Yurong
John Wang Renlei
Church:Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Xuzhou
Province:Shandong
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou
Ordination:1996
Birth Place:Weishan County, Shandong, China
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Nationality:Chinese
Religion:Roman Catholic
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Alma Mater:National Seminary of Catholic Church in China

John Wang Renlei (; born April 1970) is a Chinese Catholic priest and the current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou from 2011.[1] [2]

Biography

Wang was born in Weishan County, Shandong, in April 1970, to a Catholic family. He is the third of three brothers. He graduated from the National Seminary of Catholic Church in China in May 1996. He was ordained a priest in August 1996. In August of the same year, Joseph Liu Yuanren, the former chairman of the Chinese Catholic Church and then Bishop of Nanjing Diocese, consecrated him as a priest. From August 1996 to January 2005, he served in the Fengxian Catholic Church. On November 30, 2006, he was elected Coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou. In 2011 he became Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou. At the beginning of 2012, he reconciled with the Holy See, which recognized him as the rightful Ordinary.

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Notes and References

  1. News: http://www.jstzj.org/2018/0720/757.html . zh:王仁雷主教慰问“天佑之家”敬老院 . jstzj.org . 2018-07-20 . zh . 2019-02-15 . 2018-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180903122554/http://www.jstzj.org/2018/0720/757.html . dead .
  2. News: http://www.chinacatholic.cn/html1/report/1604/77-1.htm . zh:徐宏根、王仁雷主教晋牧十周年座谈会在宁召开 . chinacatholic.cn . 2016-04-20 . zh.