John Chen Shi-zhong ( zh, t=陳適中, p=Chén Shìzhōng, w=Chʻen Shih-chung; 26 December 1917 – 16 December 2012 in
Yibin
Yibin ( zh, s=宜宾 , t=宜賓 , p=Yíbīn , w=I-pin, region=CN-SC-15; Sichuanese Pinyin: ȵi2bin1; Sichuanese pronunciation: ) is a prefecture-level city in the southeastern part of Sichuan province, China, located at the junction of the Min ...
, Sichuan, China)
was the Roman Catholic bishop of the
Diocese of Suifu (Yibin), China.
Born in 1917 to a Chinese Catholic family and raised in Yibin, Bishop Chen was ordained to the priesthood in 1947.
Chen was imprisoned twice, first time during the 1950s and again during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. He was rehabilitated in 1981 and was named bishop in 1985.
He was recognized by the Holy See and the People's Republic of China as bishop.
In 1988 to 1989 he was briefly rector of the regional seminary in
Szechwan
Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Chengdu, a ...
, before returning to his diocese in Yibin, due to ill health.
In 2011, Peter Luo Xuegang was consecrated as coadjutor bishop of Yibin (Suifu) to assist Shizhong.
See also
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Catholic Church in Sichuan
The presence of the Catholic Church in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan and city of Chongqing dates back to 1640, when two missionaries, Lodovico Buglio and Gabriel de Magalhães, through Jesuit missions in China, entered the provin ...
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1917 births
2012 deaths
Sichuanese Roman Catholics
Roman Catholic bishops in Sichuan
Roman Catholic Diocese of Suifu
People from Yibin
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in China
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in China
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