Peter Feng Xinmao (; born 21 January 1963) is a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jingxian (Hengshui) since 2008.

Biography

Feng was born in Shenzhou,

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on January 21, 1963. He was ordained a priest in 1998. In 1983 he entered the National Seminary of Catholic Church in China. He was ordained

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of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jingxian (Hengshui) on January 6, 2004. The regular bishop of Jingxian,

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, had been in a coma since 2002 after a stroke. His predecessor, Bishop Peter Fan Wenxing, was retired and lived in a small congregation. Feng became the first priest with a higher academic degree from abroad who was bishopriced for the Catholic Church in China after the religious policy of the Mao era was laid down in the 1980s and the religions were allowed to rebuild their work. He holds a master's degree in church law from 1998 from the University of Leuven in

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. He had also studied in Manila before returning to China, and taught English and philosophy at the regional seminar in

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, capital of his home province. On January 21, 2011, he was elected president of Hebei Seminary.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feng, Peter, Xinmao 1963 births People from Shenzhou City Living people Old University of Leuven alumni National Seminary of Catholic Church in China alumni 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in China