Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Joseph Li Liangui | |
Bishop Of: | Bishop of Xianxian |
Predecessor: | Petrus Hou Jingwen |
Ordination: | 19 March 1991 |
Consecration: | 20 March 2000 |
Consecrated By: | John Liu Dinghan |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1964 |
Birth Place: | Xian County, Cangzhou, Hebei, China |
Religion: | Catholic |
Motto: | Omnia Possibilia Apud Deum |
Joseph Li Liangui |
Joseph Li Liangui (Chinese: s=李连贵, born 26 January 1964) is a Chinese Catholic priest and the current bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Xianxian.
Li was born on 26 January 1964 in Baixing Village (Chinese: 百姓庄), Xian County, Hebei. He was ordained as a priest on 19 March 1991. He first headed the minor seminary of the Diocese of Xianxian. He was then promoted to be the executive vice president of .[1]
In 1997, Li became the coadjutor bishop of the diocese. In 1999, Petrus Hou Jingwen, the bishop of Xianxian, died in a car accident. Li was elected as a bishop candidate for the diocese in November 1999, and began to oversee the diocese from December. On 20 March 2000, Li was consecrated bishop at the by, retired bishop of Xianxian.[1] In 2004, Li assisted Bishop Liu in the consecration of Peter Feng Xinmao as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jingxian.[2]
In March 2010, Savio Hon Tai-fai, then secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, said that Li, who refused the will of the Chinese Communist Party, was undergoing seclusion and political education.[3] In November 2010, Li and other seven Chinese Catholic bishops took part in the episcopal consecration of Joseph Guo Jincai at Pingquan Catholic Church, Chengde. The consecration was without Vatican approval. The Holy See claimed that Li and other bishops were coerced into attending the consecration, but the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association denied the claim.[4] [5]