Joseph Xu Zhixuan

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Joseph Xu Zhixuan (born 1916 in Sichuan Province , China ; † December 8, 2008 in Wanzhou , China) was the Catholic Bishop of Wanzhou. He was assigned to the underground church loyal to Rome .

Life

Joseph Xu Zhixuan was ordained a priest in 1949 . In 1989 he was appointed coadjutor - bishop in the diocese of Wanxian , later diocese Wanzhou in the district of the city-administered Chongqing , ordered. He was director of the Sichuan seminary, where he also taught. He was involved in pastoral work. After the death of the Bishop of Wanzhou Matthias Duan Yinming in 2001, he succeeded him.

Pope John Paul II invited Bishop Duan, together with his coadjutor Joseph Xu Zhixuan, to the Asia Synod in Rome in 1998. However, the Chinese government has forbidden them to leave the country. The Holy See reserved two places for Chinese Bishops Xu and Duan. A fax from Bishop Xu was read out by Synod Secretary General Jan Schotte at the World Bishops Synod , which met in the Vatican in 2001 , to the applause of almost 300 synods .

Bishop Xu died of multiple organ failure after health problems.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Kinesiske biskoper kan ikke Reise til India" , Kathpress, November 6, 1999
  2. ↑ "Wanzhou Bishop Dies At 92 After Critical Illness, Postponed Church Blessing Proceeds" ( Memento of December 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), ucanews, December 8, 2008
  3. ^ "The Birthplace of Christianity," Catholic Culture, December 27, 2001
  4. ↑ “Last regularly appointed bishop of China died,” Kathpress, January 11, 2001
  5. ↑ "Synod of Bishops: The Chinese bishop answered by fax" , Kathpress, October 12, 2001
personal data
SURNAME Xu Zhixuan, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Wanzhou, China
DATE OF BIRTH 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Sichuan Province , China
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 2008
Place of death Wanzhou , China