Andrew Han Jingtao

Andrew Han Jingtao (simplified Chinese: 韩井涛; traditional Chinese: 韓井濤; pinyin: Hán Jǐngtāo; born 26 July 1921 – 30 December 2020) was a Chinese Catholic clandestine Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sipingjie since 1982 until his death in 2020.[1]

Andrew Han Jingtao
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sipingjie
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Shenyang
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Sipingjie
Installed1982
PredecessorPaul Zhang
Orders
OrdinationDecember 14, 1947
Consecration1986
Personal details
Born(1921-07-26)July 26, 1921
Jilin, Republic of China
DiedDecember 30, 2020(2020-12-30) (aged 99)
China
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
In this Chinese name, the family name is Han. The baptismal name is Andrew.

Biography

Han was born in Jilin on July 26, 1921. Some documents record his birth year as 1919 or 1923. After studying, he was ordained a priest on December 14, 1947.

During the rule of Mao Zedong, he was arrested by the Communist government and sent to labor in labor camps. It was not until 1980, after Deng Xiaoping took power and became more open to religion, and he was released.[2] He became a professor of Latin and Greek culture at Northeastern University in Changchun until he retired in 1987.

In 1982, he was secretly appointed as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sipingjie. Four years later, his ordination was also silently held on May 6, 1986. He was a supporter of the Legions of Mary and founder of the Women's Congregation of Mount Calvary.[3]

He was an underground bishop, but he repeatedly expressed his support for spiritual reconciliation between "underground church" and "open church" Catholics.

References
  1. 被关押、隔离和劳改中国主教、司铎名单. asianews.it (in Chinese). 3 May 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. "Mgr. Andrea Han Jingtao dies: after 27 years of forced labor, he devoted himself primarily to the formation of priests, nuns and lay people". February 23, 2021. Archived from the original on February 23, 2021.
  3. Cervellera, Bernardo. "Bishop Andrew Han Jingtao, a 'giant of culture and faith' of the underground Church, dies". AsiaNews.


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