Thomas Chung An-zu

Thomas Chung An-zu ( Chinese  鐘 安 住 Zhōng Ānzhù ; born August 7, 1952 in Yunlin ) is a Taiwanese clergyman and appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Taipei .

Life

Thomas Chung An-zu received the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Tainan on December 26, 1981 .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on October 31, 2006 auxiliary bishop in Taipei and titular bishop of Munatiana . The Archbishop of Taipei, Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa SJ , ordained him episcopal on December 30th of the same year ; Co - consecrators were Bosco Lin Chi-nan , Bishop of Tainan , and Peter Liu Cheng-chung , Bishop of Kaohsiung .

On January 24, 2008, he was appointed Bishop of Chiayi .

Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Taipei and Apostolic Administrator of the Kinmen and Matsu Islands on May 23, 2020 . On July 8, 2020, Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue .

Web links

• Entry for Thomas Chung An-zu on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Taipei (Taiwan) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita e Amministratore Apostolico delle Isole Kinmen o Quemoy e Matzu. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , 23 May 2020, accessed 23 May 2020 (Italian). 
2. ^ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per il Dialogo Interreligioso. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 8, 2020, accessed July 8, 2020 (Italian). 

predecessor	Office	successor
John Hung SVD	Bishop of Chiayi 2008–2020	vacant
John Hung SVD	Archbishop of Taipei since 2020	---

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chung is the family name here, Thomas An-zu is the first name.