John Baptist Yang Xiaoting

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John Baptist Yang Xiaoting ( Chinese  楊曉亭 ; born April 9, 1964 in the Diocese of Chowchich (Zhouzhi) ) is a Roman Catholic bishop and bishop coadjutor in Yan'an in the central Chinese province of Shaanxi .

Life

John Baptist Yang Xiaoting studied from 1984 to 1989 in the seminary of the Chowchich (Zhouzhi) diocese. Yang was ordained a priest in 1991 and studied at Shaanxi University. After completing a doctorate in theology from 1993 to 1999 at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome , he completed a Masters in Religion and Sociology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC in 2002

He then worked as a pastor. He founded an education center and was vice rector and dean of studies of the Yan'an seminary. He is on the Board of Directors of the Beijing Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture (BISCC) .

He received his episcopal ordination on July 15, 2010 in the Catholic Church of Xiaoqiaopan in Jingbian . He was by Pope Benedict XVI. as well as the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association . He is coadjutor of the sick bishop of the Diocese of Yan'an (天主教 延安 教區), Tong Hui .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b “China: Bishop consecrated with the consent of the Vatican and Beijing” , Kathweb, July 20, 2010
  2. ^ A b "New bishop of Yulin (Yan'an), a PhD graduate from Rome" , Asianews, July 15, 2010
  3. ↑ Beijing Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture (BISCC) , Sapentia Press House, accessed July 21, 2010
  4. ^ Vatican and Beijing agree on new bishop. ( Memento of March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Ucannews, July 15, 2010
  5. ↑ China / Vatican: Bishop consecrated with the consent of both sides , Vatican Radio , July 20, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Yang, John Baptist Xiaoting
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 楊曉亭
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese clergyman, bishop in Yan'an
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Diocese of Chowchich (Zhouzhi)