Type: | Bishop |
Joseph Huang Bingzhang | |
Vice-President of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association | |
Appointed: | --> |
Term Start: | December 2016 |
Retired: | --> |
Native Name: | 黄炳章 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Ordination: | 1991 |
Birth Place: | Huilai County, Guangdong, China |
Tomb: | --> |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Residence: | Beijing, China |
Partner: | --> |
Alma Mater: | Central and South Catholic Academy of Theology and Philosophy |
Joseph Huang Bingzhang (; born 1967) is a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Shantou, Guangdong.[1] He is now the vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. He was a deputy to the 11th and 13th National People's Congress.[2]
Huang was born in Huilai County, Guangdong, in 1967. He was ordained a priest in 1991. On July 14, 2011, he became the Bishop of Shantou, Guangdong, without papal permission and was excommunicated latae sententiae.[3] In December 2016, he was elected vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.
On September 22, 2018, Pope Francis lifted the excommunication of Joseph Huang Bingzhang and other bishops previously appointed by the Chinese government without a pontifical mandate.[4] [5]