Bosco Lin Chi-nan is a Chinese prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, ...

from 2004 to 2020. He was auxiliary bishop of Kaohsiung from 1992 to 2004.

Biography

Bosco was born in

Hualien, Taiwan Hualien () is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. It is Taiwan's largest county by area, yet due to its mountainous terrain, has one of the lowest populations in the country. The county seat and largest city is Hualien City. Hualien County is l ...

on 14 May 1943. He was ordained a Catholic priest on 6 January 1973. On 28 September 1992, Bosco was appointed

Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

of the diocese of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and

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of Alexanum and consecrated a bishop on 2 January 1993 by Bishop

Paul Shan Kuo-hsi Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. (; 3 December 1924 – 22 August 2012) was a cardinal in the Catholic Church. He was at times the bishop of Hualien and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and the chairman of Fu Jen Catholic University. Biography Kuo-hsi was born in ...

. He was appointed bishop of the diocese of Tainan on 24 January 2004 by

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. His retirement was accepted on 14 November 2020. On 19 June 2021,

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named him apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Tainan, following the resignation of Bishop John Lee Juo-wang after less than six months.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Bosco, Chi-nan Living people 1943 births 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Taiwan Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II People from Pingtung County