Paul Xiao Zejiang (Chinese: 萧泽江; born October 1967) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang since 2014.
Paul Xiao Zejiang | |||||||
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| Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang | |||||||
| Church | Cathedral of St Joseph in Guiyang | ||||||
| Province | Guizhou | ||||||
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang | ||||||
| See | Guiyang | ||||||
| Installed | 2014 | ||||||
| Predecessor | Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi | ||||||
| Orders | |||||||
| Ordination | 1994 | ||||||
| Consecration | 2007 by Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | October 1967 (age 56) | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蕭澤江 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 萧泽江 | ||||||
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Biography edit
Xiao was born in Guizhou in October 1967. He was ordained a priest in 1994.
In October 2006, the Holy See announced the decision to appoint Paul Xiao Zejiang as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang. The episcopal ordination ceremony was held on September 8, 2007. He received his episcopal ordination with the papal mandate on September 8, 2007. The Chinese government also recognized him as the Bishop of the Diocese of Guizhou, a diocese set up illegally by the Chinese government in 1999, which corresponds to the whole of Guizhou province.
On September 8, 2014, after the retirement of his predecessor, he became Archbishop Metropolitan of Guiyang.[1]
References edit
- ^ Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang. gcatholic.org (in Chinese).