Chen Xilu

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Mathias Chen Xilu (Chinese :陈锡禄; died 16 January 2008) was a Chinese Roman Catholic bishop of Hengshui, Hebei. He had been appointed to his post by the Vatican, and had been recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China. [1]

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Hengshui Prefecture-level city in Hebei, Peoples Republic of China

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Life

Chen Xilu was born into a Catholic family in 1928. He initially enrolled at a minor Catholic seminary at the age of 15 before entering a larger seminary in Shanghai in 1950. He was ordained a priest in 1955 after which he worked as a doctor in a clinic in Jing county, Hebei province.

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Chen was arrested for his religious beliefs in 1958. He was sent to a hard labor camp from 1969-79. He returned to Hengshui diocese in 1979 following his release. He succeeded Bishop Petrus Fan Wenxing in 1996. The diocese consists of approximately 20,000 Roman Catholics. Chen fell into a coma due to a brain hemorrhage in 2002 and died on January 16, 2008, of organ failure in Jing county, Hebei. He was succeeded by Bishop Peter Feng Xinmao.

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References

  1. ↑ "comatose elderly bishop of hengshui dies". Ucanews.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.



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