Joseph Liu Yuanren

Joseph Liu Yuanren (Chinese: 刘元仁; 16 March 1923 - 20 April 2005) was a Chinese Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Jiangsu, China.[1] He also served as vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association from 1998 until his death in 2005.

Joseph Liu Yuanren
Vice-President of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Native name
刘元仁
ProvinceJiangsu
Installed1998
Term ended2005
Orders
Ordination1953
Personal details
Born(1923-03-16)March 16, 1923
Qidong, Jiangsu, China
DiedApril 20, 2005(2005-04-20) (aged 82)
Beijing, China
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materHaimen Catholic College of Literature
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese劉元仁
Simplified Chinese刘元仁
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

He was a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Liu was born in Qidong, Jiangsu, on March 16, 1923, to a Catholic family. His six generations of ancestors were Catholics. After graduating from the Xilei Middle School, he was accepted to the Haimen Catholic College of Literature. He became a priest on June 3, 1953 in Xuhui District of Shanghai. He taught at his alma mater between 1953 and 1958. After the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the policy of religious freedom was implemented. In 1982 he was a pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Nanjing, Jiangsu. In May 1992 he was appointed as vice-president of the National Seminary of the Chinese Catholic Church. In December 1993 he had been made a bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nanjing without consent of the pope and was excommunicated latae sententiae. In 1998 he was elected president of the Bishops Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCCC), president of the National Seminary of the Chinese Catholic Church and vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.[2] In 2004 he was elected vice-president of the China Religious Peace Commission. He died on April 20, 2005.

See also

References
  1. 刘元仁主教逝世十周年纪念活动在无锡天主堂举行. Catholic of Jiangsu (in Chinese). 2015-04-27. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  2. 中国天主教爱国会及历届主席副主席. people.com.cn (in Chinese). 2007-07-31. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
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