Matthew Yu Chengcai (Chinese: 郁成才; 27 August 1917 - 18 March 2006) was a Chinese Catholic who became the Bishop of Haimen in China over objections from the Holy See.
Matthew Yu Chengcai | |||||||
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| Bishop of Haimen | |||||||
| Native name | 郁成才 | ||||||
| Diocese | Haimen | ||||||
| Successor | Joseph Shen Bin | ||||||
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| Ordination | 1959 | ||||||
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| Born | August 27, 1917 | ||||||
| Died | March 18, 2006 (aged 88) Nantong, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||
| Alma mater | Fu Jen Catholic University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 郁成才 | ||||||
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He was a member of the 8th, 9th, 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Biography edit
Yu was born in Chongming District of Shanghai, on August 27, 1917, to a Catholic family. After high school, he entered the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Haimen and then studied theology at the Xuhui Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest in 1946. In August 1946 he was accepted to the Fu Jen Catholic University in Beijing, after university in 1950, he was assigned to the Xilei High School (Chinese: 天主教锡类中学) as its president. In August 1954 he worked in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haimen. In November 1959 he had been made a bishop of the Diocese of Haimen without consent of the Pope and was excommunicated latae sententiae. He was among the bishops who became bishops without a papal mandate in the People's Republic of China 1958–1962.[1][2]
Later, after the Cultural Revolution, the Holy See legitimized a number of the illegitimate bishops who were still alive, but Bishop Yu was not among them.
He died of illness on March 18, 2006.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Zhang Wen (2006). 郁成才主教的人生两点——追忆天主教海门教区主教郁成才 (in Chinese). 4.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Zhang Zhenshi. 爱国爱教的牧羊人——记全国政协委员、天主教海门教区主教郁成才 (in Chinese).
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