Julius Jia Zhiguo

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Julius Jia Zhiguo , 賈志國 主教, (* 1935 ) is a Chinese Roman Catholic Underground - Bishop of the Zhengding Diocese in Hebei Province .

Life

Julius Jia Zhiguo received episcopal ordination in 1980 . Since 1951 he has been arrested, interned or placed under house arrest several times by the Chinese government. He had lived in prisons for almost 20 years and had been under house arrest since December 2007. On August 24, 2008, the last day of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was arrested by six government officials at a Sunday service in Wuquiu Cathedral, 270 km south of Beijing, without a reason, and released on September 19, 2008. Jia Zhiguo was arrested again on March 31, 2009 and detained in an unknown location. He was not released until July 14, 2010.

Act

He maintains an orphanage with around 100 handicapped orphans at his bishopric.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "73-year-old bishop arrested in China," Der Tagesspiegel, August 25, 2008
  2. ^ "The Persecution of the Underground Roman Catholic Church in China" ( Memento of July 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Cardinal Kung Foundation, April 19, 2006
  3. ↑ "China: Bishop Arrested" , Vatican Radio August 25, 2008
  4. ^ "China: Bishop Free Again" , Vatican Radio September 19, 2008
  5. ^ "Chinese Authorities Release Bishop Jia Zhiguo" ( Memento from July 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Zenit, July 16, 2010
  6. ^ "The Persecution of the Underground Roman Catholic Church in China" ( Memento of July 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Cardinal Kung Foundation, April 19, 2006
  7. ↑ “Chinese Bisschop Zhiguo weer eens aangehouden” ( Memento from December 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Kerknet, August 25, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Jia, Julius Zhiguo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jia Zhiguo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese clergyman, Bishop of Zhengding
DATE OF BIRTH 1935