Most Reverend John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, OFM,Cap | |
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Bishop of Tainan | |
Native name | 施洗約翰黃敏正 |
Church | |
Diocese | Tainan |
Appointed | 3 May 2023 |
Predecessor | Bosco Lin Chi-nan |
Successor | Incumbent |
Orders | |
Ordination | 29 March 1984 |
Consecration | 24 June 2022 by Bosco Lin Chi-nan |
Personal details | |
Born | John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng 23 March 1955 |
Nationality | Taiwanese |
Alma mater | Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum |
Motto | AD VOLUNTATEM DOMINI / 主旨承行 |
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John Baptist Huang Min-Chen is a Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate currently serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan, Taiwan. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Min-Cheng was born on 23 March 1955, in Madou, Tainan, Taiwan. He attended the Franciscan minor seminary in Neihu district and studied philosophy and theology in Taipei. He was awarded a master's degree in spirituality from the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome. [1] [2] [3]
Bishop Min-Cheng was ordained a priest on 29 March 1984, in Tainan for the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor. [1] [2] [3]
On 3 May 2023, Pope Francis appointed Min-Cheng as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan. [6] He was ordained a bishop on 24 June 2022 by Bosco Lin Chi-nan. [1] [2] [3]
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