Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa

Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa ( Chinese  鄭 再 發 , Pinyin Zhèng Zàifā ; born July 4, 1932 in Xiamen , Fujian Province , China ) is retired Archbishop of Taipei .

Life

Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa was ordained a priest on December 21, 1957 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Tainan on December 3, 1990 . He was ordained episcopate on February 2 of the following year by the retired Bishop of Tainan , Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang . Co - consecrators were Joseph Ti-kang , Archbishop of Taipei , and Paul Shan Kuo-hsi SJ , Bishop of Kaohsiung .

On January 24, 2004, John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Taipei. Pope Benedict XVI On November 9, 2007, he accepted his resignation due to reasons of age.

Web links

• Entry for Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang	Bishop of Tainan 1990-2004	Bosco Lin Chi-nan
Joseph Ti-kang	Archbishop of Taipei 2004–2007	John Hung SVD

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Cheng is the family name here, Josef Tsai-fa is the first name.