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Paul Deng Jizhou

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Paul Deng Jizhou
Bishop of the Diocese of Jiading
Church Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Leshan
Archdiocese Chongqing
Diocese Jiading
Installed June 9, 1949
Term ended August 10, 1990
Predecessor Fabian Yu Yuwen
Successor Matthew Luo Duxi
Orders
Ordination February 9, 1936
Personal details
Born November 9, 1905
China
Died August 10, 1990 (aged 84)
China
Denomination Roman Catholic

Paul Deng Jizhou (simplified Chinese: 邓及洲; traditional Chinese: 鄧及洲; pinyin: Dèng Jízhōu; November 9, 1905 – August 10, 1990) was a Sichuanese Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of the Diocese of Jiading between 1949 and 1990.[1]

Biography

Deng was born on November 9, 1905. He was ordained a priest on February 9, 1936, and appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Jiading on June 9, 1949. The bishop's ceremony followed on September 21, 1949, with Archbishop of Chongqing Louis Gabriel Xavier Jantzen as Chief Consulator, shortly before the Communists state was established on October 1 of that same year. He was one of the six Chinese bishops appointed by the Holy See in the same year. The other five are Matthias Duan Yinming, Ignatius Pi Shushi, Simon Lei Zhenxia, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei and Melchior Zhang Kexing. He died on August 10, 1990.[2]

References

  1. Back to citation 天主教乐山教区雷世银主教祝圣庆典隆重举行. catholic-bj.org (in Chinese). 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. Back to citation Leshan Catholic Patriotic Association (1990). 邓及洲主教安息主怀 [Bishop Paul Deng Jizhou passed away]. Catholic in China (in Chinese). 4: 66.

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