Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi

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Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi ( Chinese  王充 一 , Pinyin Wáng Chōngyī ; born October 26, 1919 in the village of Huanggoushu near Zhenning , Guizhou Province , Republic of China ; † April 20, 2017 in the large community of Huanggoushu, People's Republic of China ) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Archdiocese of Guiyang in the People's Republic of China.

Life

Wang Chong-yi came from a Catholic family and attended the boys' seminary in Guiyang , the capital of Guizhou Province in southwest China, and entered the Saint Paul seminary . He was ordained a priest on October 24, 1949 and worked in pastoral care in Meitan and Zunyi .

He was arrested during the Cultural Revolution and sentenced to nine years of forced labor in a labor camp. He was only allowed to work as a pastor again in 1979.

On December 4, 1988, Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi was ordained Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Guiyang in Beijing . He was a member of the State Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association ; however, his episcopal ordination was confirmed by the Holy See during his tenure as Archbishop . His age-related resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on March 4, 2015 . He was succeeded by Paul Xiao Zeijiang .

He died in Huanggoushu Town Hospital at the age of 98 and was buried in Guiyang Cathedral.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d “Obituary for Chinese Bishop Wang Chong-yi” , In: Zenit of May 8, 2017, accessed on May 15, 2017
  2. ↑ a b Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang 貴陽 , In: Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang, accessed May 27, 2019
  3. ↑ a b c d Guizhou Archbishop Wáng Chōngyī died peacefully at the age of 98 - 貴州 王充 一 榮 休 主教 安息 主 懷 ， 享年 九十 八歲: (Chinese) , In: china.ucanews.com of April 20, 2017, accessed on May 27, 2019
  4. ↑ a b “China: CPV Archbishop Anicetus Andrew Wang died at the age of 97” , In: Kathpress from May 9, 2017, accessed on May 15, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Wang Chong-yi, Anicetus Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese Bishop of the Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Huanggoushu Village, Zhenning , Republic of China
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2017
Place of death Guizhou Province , People's Republic of China