Martin Su Yao-wen (; born 9 November 1959) is the current serving Roman Catholic bishop of the

Roman Catholic diocese of Taichung The Diocese of Taichung () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan. Originally erected as an Apostolic Prefecture of Taichung in 1950, it was elevated to a full diocese in 1962. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

Early life

Martin was born in

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.73 million p ...

, Taiwan on 9 November 1959. He studied at Holy Spirit minor seminary in Taichung, Taipei major seminary and completed his philosophy and theology at Fu Jen University.

Priesthood

On 8 June 1989, Martin was ordained a priest for the

, Taiwan. He also studied at St. Louis University,

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

, U.S.A., for a diploma in Religious Education. He acquired Licentiate in Religious Education from

Fordham University Fordham University is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1841, it is named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its origina ...

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Episcopate

Pope Benedict XVI Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ...

appointed Martin as bishop of the

on 25 June 2007 and he was consecrated a bishop on 25 September 2007 by Bishop Joseph Wang Yu-jung.

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1959 births 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Taiwan Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI Fordham University alumni Fu Jen Catholic University alumni Living people {{Asia-RC-bishop-stub