Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan (; born 26 June 1941) is a Taiwanese

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of the

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and

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of the

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Biography

Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan was born on 26 June 1941, in

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, and was ordained priest on 27 March 1971, for the Diocese of Tainan. He holds a

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degree in philosophy.

Diplomatic career

In 1972, he was admitted to the

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to study diplomacy. Yeh entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 8 March 1976, and served in the Pontifical diplomatic missions in

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and

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. He was promoted to the counselor of nunciature on 8 March 1989. On 10 November 1998, he was elected Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna, and at the same time named Apostolic Nuncio to

. His episcopal consecration took place on 20 December 1998; Cardinal

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was the principal consecrator, with archbishops

Stanislaus Lo Kuang Archbishop Stanislaus Lo Kuang (; 1 January 1911 – 28 February 2004) served as bishop of Tainan from 1961 to 1966, when he was appointed archbishop of Taipei. In 1978, Lo became the president of Fu Jen Catholic University, and was succeeded ...

and

Carlo Maria Viganò Carlo Maria Viganò (; born 16 January 1941) is an Italian traditionalist Catholic archbishop and conspiracy theorist who served as Apostolic Nuncio to the United States from 2011 to 2016 and as secretary-general of the Governorate of Vatican ...

, as principal co-consecrators. On 22 April 2004, Yeh was named Apostolic Nuncio to

and

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. He retired in 2015 and was succeeded in Algeria and Tunisia by

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in 2016.

Gallery

File:葉勝男總主教在萬金2015.jpg, Bishop Yeh Sheng-nan in 2015

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External links

Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan at Catholic Hierarchy
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Biography

Diplomatic career

Gallery

See also

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