Joseph Sun Yuanmo

Joseph Sun Yuanmo (Chinese: 孙远谟; November 7, 1920 – February 23, 2006) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong.[1]

Joseph Sun Yuanmo
Bishop Emeritus of Hongdong]]
ChurchCathedral of Hongtong
ProvinceTaiyuan
DioceseDiocese of Hongdong
Installed1991
Term ended2006
PredecessorFrancis Han Tingbi
SuccessorPeter Liu Gen-zhu
Orders
Ordination1948
Personal details
Born(1920-11-07)November 7, 1920
Zhuangyuan, Shanxi
DiedFebruary 23, 2006(2006-02-23) (aged 85)
Hongdong, Shanxi
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孫遠謨
Simplified Chinese孙远谟
In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Biography

From the age of 15, Sun was educated in a lower spiritual seminary. He also studied philosophy and theology (including in Beijing). In 1948 he was ordained a priest, and worked as a pastor in Guangxi.

During the Cultural Revolution, he was required to work in the countryside. Later he was in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong (Shanxi province) as a parish priest, rector of the lower seminary, and spiritual director of nuns. In 1982 he was secretly consecrated by Bishop Francis Han Tingbi and became the auxiliary bishop of Hongdong. In 1991, he was the coadjutor of Bishop Francis Han Tingbi, and after Han death the same year, he took over the duties of the ordinary.

Sun died at the age of 85 after a long illness. He was recognized as a bishop by both the Vatican and the Chinese government.

References
  1. 山西临汾教区孙远谟主教祝圣新近落成的辛堡村圣安多尼大堂. chinacatholic.org (in Chinese). 2004-04-12.
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