Francis Han Tingbi (simplified Chinese: 韩廷弼; traditional Chinese: 韓廷弼; pinyin: Hán Tíngbì; February 22, 1908 - December 21, 1991) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong between 1950 and 1991.
Francis Han Tingbi | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong | |
| Church | Cathedral of Hongtong |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong |
| Installed | April 18, 1950 |
| Term ended | December 21, 1991 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Gao Zonghan |
| Successor | Joseph Sun Yuanmo |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 22, 1934 |
| Consecration | July 9, 1950 by Antonio Riberi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 22, 1908 |
| Died | December 21, 1991 (aged 83) People's Republic of China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Biography
editHan came from a Catholic family who had moved from Shandong to Shanxi after and because of the Taiping Rebellion. He was ordained a priest on July 22, 1934.
On April 18, 1950, he was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong by Pope Pius XII. On July 9, his consecration ceremony was held. In 1958, during the rule of Mao Zedong, Hongdong was selected as one of the two pilot counties for the elimination of religion in China (the other is Pingyang, Zhejiang). The local Catholic Church was facing a catastrophe and the cathedral was demolished.
After being released in 1979, he resumed leadership in his diocese. He joined the Communist-sponsored Chinese diocesan conference when it was established in 1980, but he refused to establish a branch of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association in the diocese. In 1982, he secretly consecrated the priest Li Weidao to Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an, and father Augustine Zheng Shouduo to Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xinjiang. On April 29, 1986, he gave a consecration to Peter Chen Bolu as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongnian.[1] On February 22, 1991, he consecrated 71-year-old Father Joseph Sun Yuanmou to his auxiliary bishop, also in secret.[2] He died on December 21, 1991.
References
edit- ^ 造成很大的伤害和混乱. radiovaticana.va (in Chinese). 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ Wang Xinmin (王新民) (24 February 2006). 山西临汾教区孙远谟主教安息主怀. chinacatholic.org (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 November 2019.