Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan

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Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan (Chinese: 葉勝男; pinyin: Yè Shèngnán; born 26 June 1941) is a Taiwanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See.[1][2]

Biography

Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan was born on 26 June 1941, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and was ordained priest on 27 March 1971, for the Diocese of Tainan. He holds a laurea degree in philosophy.

Diplomatic career

In 1972, he was admitted to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to study diplomacy.[3]

Yeh entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 8 March 1976, and served in the Pontifical diplomatic missions in Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Algeria, Iraq, Australia, Senegal and Great Britain. He was promoted to the counselor of nunciature on 8 March 1989.

On 10 November 1998, he was elected Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna, and at the same time named Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka.[4] His episcopal consecration took place on 20 December 1998; Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy was the principal consecrator, with archbishops Stanislaus Lo Kuang and Carlo Maria Viganò, as principal co-consecrators.

On 22 April 2004, Yeh was named Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Tunisia.[5] He retired in 2015 and was succeeded in Algeria and Tunisia by Luciano Russo in 2016.[6]

References

  1. 1.El Papa nombra nuncio de origen chino, Taiwan Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan
  2. 2.Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan
  3. 3.Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999
  4. 4.Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Sri Lanka Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 5."Rinunce e Nomine, 22.04.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  6. 6."Other Pontifical Acts, 14.06.2016" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2019.