John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng

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Most Reverend

John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, OFM,Cap
Bishop of Tainan
Native name
施洗約翰黃敏正
Church
Diocese Tainan
Appointed3 May 2023
Predecessor Bosco Lin Chi-nan
SuccessorIncumbent
Orders
Ordination29 March 1984
Consecration24 June 2022
by  Bosco Lin Chi-nan
Personal details
Born
John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng

(1955-03-23) 23 March 1955 (age 69)
Madou, Tainan, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
Alma mater Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum
MottoAD VOLUNTATEM DOMINI / 主旨承行
Coat of arms Bishop-john-baptist-huang-min-cheng.png

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]

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Early life and Education

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]

Priesthood

Bishop Min-Cheng was ordained a priest on 29 March 1984, in Tainan for the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor. [1] [2] [3]

Episcopate

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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