Luo Wenzao

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The Most Reverend Luó Wénzǎo [1]
Bishop of Nanjing
Portrait in the collection of Roger de Gaignières, now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Nanking
In office	1685 — 1691 (as bishop)
Predecessor	Most Rev. Ignace Cotolendi
Successor	Most Rev. Alessandro Ciceri
Orders
Ordination	1654
Consecration	1685 by Bishop , O.F.M.
Personal details
Born	1616 Fu'an, Fujian Province, China
Died	February 27, 1691
Previous post(s)	Titular bishop of Basilinopolis

Luo Wenzao, O.P. (alternately: Lou Wenzao, Lo Wen-Tsao, Lo Wenzao, simplified Chinese: 罗文藻; traditional Chinese: 羅文藻; pinyin: Luó Wénzǎo) (1616 – February 27, 1691) became the first Chinese priest in 1656 and the first Chinese Bishop in 1685.^[2] He was also known as Gregory Lopez (Spanish: Gregorio Lopez) in the Philippines.

Biography[]

Luo Wenzao was born in Fu'an, in the province of Fujian. In 1633 Luo was baptized and converted to Catholicism. After studying theology in Manila, he returned to Xiamen. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1654 and thereafter baptized over two thousand converts. ^[3] In 1673, Pope Clement X made him Bishop but he refused. Then in 1679 Pope Innocent XI appointed him a second time and he was forced to accept. After his consecration in 1685, the provinces Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan were under him. It has been argued that Christianity in China was transformed due to his presence as a missionary and pastor.^[4] He is the namesake of Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Taiwan.

References[]

External links[]

• "羅文藻主教生平 (Bishop Luo Wenzao's Biography)". Chinese Regional Bishops Conference (in Chinese). Archived from the original on October 31, 2007.