Paul Deng Jizhou

Paul Deng Jizhou (simplified Chinese: 邓及洲; traditional Chinese: 鄧及洲; pinyin: Dèng Jízhōu; 9 November 1905 - 10 August 1990) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiading between 1949 and 1990.[1]

Paul Deng Jizhou
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiading
ChurchCathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Leshan
ArchdioceseChongqing
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Jiading
InstalledJune 9, 1949
Term endedAugust 10, 1990
PredecessorFabian Yu Yuwen
SuccessorMatthew Luo Duxi
Orders
OrdinationFebruary 9, 1936
Personal details
Born(1905-11-09)November 9, 1905
China
DiedAugust 10, 1990(1990-08-10) (aged 84)
China
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
In this Chinese name, the family name is Deng.

Biography

Deng was born on November 9, 1905. He was ordained a priest on February 9, 1936, and appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiading on June 9, 1949. The bishop's ceremony followed on September 21, 1949, with Archbishop of Chongqing Louis Gabriel Xavier Jantzen as Chief Consulator, shortly before the Communists state was established on October 1 of that same year. He was one of the six Chinese bishops appointed by the Holy See in the same year. The other five are Matthias Duan Yinming, Ignatius Pi Shushi, Simon Lei Zhenxia, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei and Melchior Zhang Kexing. He died on August 10, 1990.[2]

References
  1. 天主教乐山教区雷世银主教祝圣庆典隆重举行. catholic-bj.org (in Chinese). 29 June 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. Leshan Catholic Patriotic Association (1990). 邓及洲主教安息主怀 [Bishop Paul Deng Jizhou passed away]. Catholic in China (in Chinese). 4: 66.
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