Peter Liu Cheng-chung

Bishop Liu (2015)

Peter Liu Cheng-chung ( Chinese  劉振忠 , Pinyin Liú Zhènzhōng ; born April 12, 1951 in Hushuei ) is a Taiwanese clergyman, Archbishop ad personam and Bishop of Kaohsiung .

Life

Peter Liu Cheng-chung received on 13 April 1980, the sacrament of Holy Orders . Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Chiayi on July 1, 1994 .

The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , Cardinal Jozef Tomko , ordained him episcopal on September 28 of the same year ; Co - consecrators were Paul Shan Kuo-hsi SJ , Bishop of Kaohsiung, and Joseph Ti-kang , Archbishop of Taipei .

On July 5, 2004, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Kaohsiung . After the retirement of Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsis SJ he succeeded him on January 5, 2006 as Bishop of Kaohsiung. On November 21, 2009, he was raised to the rank of Archbishop ad personam .

Web links

• Entry on Peter Liu Cheng-chung on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 8, 2017.

predecessor	Office	successor
Paul Cardinal Shan Kuo-hsi SJ	Bishop of Kaohsiung since 2006	---
Joseph Lin Thien-chu	Bishop of Chiayi 1994-2004	John Hung SVD

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Liu is the family name here, Peter Cheng-chung is the first name.