Francis Savio Lu Xinping
Francis Savio Lu Xinping (Chinese: 陆新平; born 1963) is a Chinese Catholic priest and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing since 2000.
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Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing | |||||||
Church | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | ||||||
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing | ||||||
Installed | 2000 | ||||||
Predecessor | Paul Yu Pin | ||||||
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Ordination | 1989 by Matthew Yu Chengcai | ||||||
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Born | 1963 (age 59–60) | ||||||
Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陆新平 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 陸新平 | ||||||
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Biography
Lu was born in Haimen Country, Jiangsu, in 1963. He was educated at the Sheshan Seminar at Shanghai, and was ordained a priest in 1989 by Haima's government-approved Bishop Matthew Yu Chengcai (1917–2006).
He was one of the five controversial bishops in the Nantang Church in Beijing on 6 January 2000, expressly without a populous mandate.[1] The chief consultant was Bishop Joseph Liu Yuanren. The bishop that triggered a lot of resistance from many "underground technologies" and other Catholics in China, was criticized by the Pavestolen. He became Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing on 20 April 2005, replacing Joseph Liu Yuanren. In 2007, he contacted the Holy See through the Faithful Church to ask for forgiveness, and was recognized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008.
He was elected a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[2]
References
- 南京:庆祝沈斌主教晋牧10周年 陆新平主教晋牧20周年座谈会在宁举行. xinde.org (in Chinese). 8 January 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- Zhang Jing (张静) (26 February 2008). 十一届全国政协委员职务和界别情况(10). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 July 2021.