Peter Chen Bolu

Peter Chen Bolu (23 May 1914 – November 5, 2009) was the Chinese bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daming.

Peter Chen Bolu
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongnian
Province	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongnian
Installed	May 19, 1987
Term ended	1999
Predecessor	Joseph Cui Shouxun
Successor	John Han Dingxiang
Orders
Ordination	1944 by Joseph Cui Shouxun
Personal details
Born	23 May 1914 Guangping County, Hebei
Died	November 5, 2009(2009-11-05) (aged 95) Wei County, Handan, Hebei
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Coat of arms

Peter Chen Bolu
Simplified Chinese	陈柏庐
Traditional Chinese	陳柏廬
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Bólú

Biography

Chen was born in 1914. He was first ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1944. He was imprisoned and sent to a hard labor camp during the Cultural Revolution.

Chen was secretly ordained the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong by Bishop Francis Han Tingbi in 1986.

He was openly installed and ordained as the Chinese bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Handan on May 29, 1988. Unlike other bishops, Chen's appointment was supported both by the Vatican and the government of the People's Republic of China. As bishop, Chen oversaw the construction of the Dazhong Hospital within the diocese, which opened in 1994. He also built ten health care clinics throughout the diocese, which is located in northern China.

He remained at that post until his retirement in 1999.

Chen died on November 5, 2009, at the Dazhong Hospital (大众医院), which he built, at the age of 96. At the time of his death, Chen was the oldest Catholic bishop in China. His funeral was held on November 11, 2009, in church in the village of Qiancaozhuang, Yongnian District, Handan.