Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
Guo Jincai | |
Vice-President of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association | |
Appointed: | --> |
Term Start: | 9 December 2010 |
Retired: | --> |
Native Name: | 郭金才 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Archdiocese: | Diocese of Chengde |
Province: | Hebei |
Diocese: | Chengde |
Ordained By: | Fang Jianping |
Birth Place: | Chengde, Hebei, China |
Tomb: | --> |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Residence: | Beijing, China |
Partner: | --> |
Alma Mater: | Hebei Provincial Catholic Theological College |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Joseph Guo Jin Cai.svg |
Joseph Guo Jincai (; born February 1968) is a Chinese Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Chengde since 2010.[1] He is also vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and China Committee on Religion and Peace.[2] [3] He was a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress.
Guo was born in Chengde, Hebei, in February 1968. He was illicitly made the Bishop of Chengde in 2010 by the Bishop of Yongping, Fang Jianping that year. The consecration was made without consent of the pope and as a result, all involved were excommunicated latae sententiae. On December 9, 2010, Jincai was elected vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.[4]
On September 22, 2018, Pope Francis lifted the excommunication of Jincai and other six bishops previously appointed by the Chinese government without a pontifical mandate.[5] [6]