James Su Zhi-min

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James Su Zhi-min
Bishop of Baoding
Archdiocese Beijing
Diocese Baoding
Appointed21 December 1995
Predecessor Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan
SuccessorIncumbent
Orders
Ordination12 April 1981
Consecration2 May 1993
by Bishop Peter Liu Guandong
Personal details
Born (1932-07-10) 10 July 1932 (age 92)
Nationality Chinese
Denomination Roman Catholic

James Su Zhi-min is a Chinese Catholic prelate who has served as de jure Bishop of Baoding since 1995. [1] [2] He was forcibly disappeared in 1997.

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Biography

James was born on 10 July 1932. [2] He was ordained a priest on 12 April 1981. [2]

James was selected as Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding in 1988. He was selected as Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding and consecrated as bishop on 2 May 1993 by Bishop Peter Liu Guandong. On 21 December 1995, he was appointed Bishop of Baoding. [2] He was a member of the underground Chinese Catholic community, which rejects the government's Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

Arrest and disappearance

Following an illicit pilgrimage, Su was imprisoned by the Chinese government in 1997, [3] and his location had remained unknown until November 15, 2003, when he was seen in a Baoding hospital. He has since disappeared from public view once more. [4]

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