Joseph Ti Kang (; 7 May 1928 – 29 December 2022) was a Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate who served as the

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from 1989 to 2004. He was born in

Xinxiang Xinxiang ( zh, s= , t= , p=Xīnxiāng ; Postal romanization, postal: Sinsiang) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan provinces of China, province, China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to its southwest, Kaifeng to its sou ...

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. He became Bishop of Kiayi, and was succeeded by Bishop

Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (4 July 1932 – 2 September 2022) was a Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate. Cheng was born in Xiamen, Fujian, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan The Dio ...

, who was originally Bishop of Tainan. Ti-kang served as the chairman of

Fu Jen Catholic University Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU, FJCU or Fu Jen; or ) is a private education, private Catholic university in Xinzhuang District, Xinzhuang, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1925 in Beijing at the request of Pope Pius XI and ...

from 1993 to 1999. Ti-kang died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 29 December 2022, at the age of 94.

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1928 births 2022 deaths People from Jiaozuo Taiwanese Roman Catholics 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Taiwan 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Taiwan 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Taiwan Bishops appointed by Pope Paul VI Taiwanese people from Henan {{Asia-RC-archbishop-stub