Matthew Yu Chengcai

Matthew Yu Chengcai (Chinese: 郁成才; 27 August 1917 - 18 March 2006) was a Chinese Catholic who became the Bishop of Haimen in China over objections from the Holy See.

Matthew Yu Chengcai
Bishop of Haimen
Native name
郁成才
DioceseHaimen
SuccessorJoseph Shen Bin
Orders
Ordination1959
Personal details
Born(1917-08-27)August 27, 1917
Chongming District, Shanghai, China
DiedMarch 18, 2006(2006-03-18) (aged 88)
Nantong, Jiangsu, China
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materFu Jen Catholic University
Chinese name
Chinese郁成才
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yu.

He was a member of the 8th, 9th, 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Yu was born in Chongming District of Shanghai, on August 27, 1917, to a Catholic family. After high school, he entered the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Haimen and then studied theology at the Xuhui Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest in 1946. In August 1946 he was accepted to the Fu Jen Catholic University in Beijing, after university in 1950, he was assigned to the Xilei High School (Chinese: 天主教锡类中学) as its president. In August 1954 he worked in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haimen. In November 1959 he had been made a bishop of the Diocese of Haimen without consent of the Pope and was excommunicated latae sententiae. He was among the bishops who became bishops without a papal mandate in the People's Republic of China 1958–1962.[1][2]

Later, after the Cultural Revolution, the Holy See legitimized a number of the illegitimate bishops who were still alive, but Bishop Yu was not among them.

He died of illness on March 18, 2006.

See also

References
  1. Zhang Wen (2006). 郁成才主教的人生两点——追忆天主教海门教区主教郁成才 (in Chinese). 4. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Zhang Zhenshi. 爱国爱教的牧羊人——记全国政协委员、天主教海门教区主教郁成才 (in Chinese). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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