Type: | Archishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Joseph Ti Kang | |
Native Name: | 狄剛 |
Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei | |
Term Start: | 11 February 1989 |
Term End: | 24 January 2004 |
Predecessor: | Matthew Kia Yen-wen |
Successor: | Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa |
Other Post: | Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu (1989–2004) |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Chiayi (1975–1985) |
Ordination: | 20 December 1953 |
Consecration: | 22 July 1975 |
Consecrated By: | Agnelo Rossi |
Birth Date: | 1928 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Xinxiang County, China |
Motto: | COR UNIUM IN PATRE |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Joseph Ti Kang.svg |
Joseph Ti Kang | |
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Joseph Ti Kang (; 7 May 1928 – 29 December 2022) was a Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate who served as the archbishop of Taipei from 1989 to 2004.[1] [2] He was born in Xinxiang, China. He became Bishop of Kiayi, and was succeeded by Bishop Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa, who was originally Bishop of Tainan.
Ti-kang served as the chairman of Fu Jen Catholic University from 1993 to 1999.[3]
Ti-kang died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 29 December 2022, at the age of 94.[4]