Joseph Tang Yuange
Joseph Tang Yuange | |||||||
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Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu | |||||||
![]() Joseph Tang Yuange | |||||||
Church | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Chengdu | ||||||
Province | Sichuan | ||||||
Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu | ||||||
Installed | 2016 | ||||||
Predecessor | Michael Liu Xian-ru | ||||||
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Ordination | 1991 | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | Jintang County, Sichuan, China | November 17, 1963||||||
Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||
Alma mater | Sichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College | ||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 唐遠閣 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 唐远阁 | ||||||
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Joseph Tang Yuange (Chinese: 唐远阁; born November 17, 1963) is a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu since 2016.[1][2]
Biography[]
Tang was born in Jintang County, Sichuan, on November 17, 1963. From 1984 to 1988 he studied at the Sichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College.
He was ordained a priest in 1991. He was elected Bishop of Chengdu. He accepted the episcopacy with the papal mandate on November 30, 2016.[3]
References[]
- ^ 成都教区唐远阁候任主教一行来渝考察交流. chinacatholic.cn (in Chinese). 2016-01-12.
- ^ 四川省天主教成都教区 唐远阁主教祝圣庆典举行. 163.com (in Chinese). 2016-12-01.
- ^ 获中国与梵蒂冈认可 唐远阁任成都教区主教. zaobao.com (in Chinese). Singapore. 2016-12-01.
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Sichuanese Roman Catholics
- People from Jintang County
- Living people
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in China