List of Chinese Catholics

This is a list of Chinese Catholics in communion with Rome. It does not include members of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, unless they are also recognized by the Holy See, but for cultural reasons does include Taiwanese persons.

Catholics of dynastic China

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This concerns those who lived most or all of their life before the Xinhai Revolution.

Clergy

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  • Luo Wenzao - first Chinese bishop, Apostolic Vicar of Nanjing
  • Zheng Manuo - first Chinese Jesuit, first Chinese international student in Europe
  • Michael Shen Fu-Tsung - Jesuit who visited Europe
  • Louis Fan - priest, first Chinese to visit Europe and the Americas and return to China, writing on his travels
  • Wu Li - Landscape painter, poet, and Jesuit.[3]
  • Ma Xiangbo - Jesuit, scholar, and educator.[4]
  • He Tianzhang - Jesuit, resisted the ban on Chinese Rites

Courtiers

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Cultural figures

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  • Arcadio Huang - Jesuit-trained scholar, visited and worked in Europe
  • Candida Xu - Granddaughter of Xu Guangqi, prominent patroness of Catholic missionaries
  • Jiao Bingzhen - Painter and astronomer.[12]
  • Ying Lianzhi ‐ Manchu Bannerman, educator and newspaper editor

Catholics of modern China

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Clergy

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Cardinals

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Archbishops and bishops

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Priests

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  • Thomas CJ Cian ( 1823-1895 ) : pioneer Chinese priest of California, USA

Nuns

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Entertainers

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Musicians

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  • James Wong - Singer-songwriter, actor, columnist, and film director.[48]

Politicians

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Writers

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  • Su Xuelin - Novelist and scholar whose autobiographical Ji Xin (Heart of the Thorn Bush, 1929) discusses her conversion to Catholicism.[60][61]
  • John C. H. Wu - Diplomat, jurist, and writer of works such as From Confucianism to Catholicism and Chinese Humanism and Christian spirituality.[62][63]

Others

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  • Ying Qianli - ethnic Manchu university professor, World War II resistance activist
  • Nadine Hwang - Chinese Air Force female pilot, honorary Colonel

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