Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin

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Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin (simplified Chinese: 张信; traditional Chinese: 張信; pinyin: Zhāng Xìn; 23 October 1911 – 10 September 1999) was a Chinese Catholic priest and bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan from 1981 to 1994.[1]

Biography

Zhang was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi, on 23 October 1911.[2] He joined the Order of Friars Minor in 1931.[2] He was ordained a priest in 1937.[2] He graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University.[2]

During the ten-year Cultural Revolution, Zhang was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.[2]

In 1981, Zhang was consecrated as bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan by Joseph Zong Huaide, the zhen president of the Catholic Patriotic Association.[2] He retired in 1994.[2]

Zhang died of an illness on 10 September 1999, at the age of 87.[2]

References

  1. 1.Cheney, David. "Bishop Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. 2.[2.2][2.3][2.4][2.5][2.6][2.7][2.8]两位主教安息主怀 [The two bishops rest in peace]. zhonglian.org (in Chinese). Zhonglian-China Catholic Communication. 10 September 1999. Retrieved 11 February 2023.