Edgar Anton Häring

Edgar Anton Häring
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shuozhou
Church	Cathedral of Our Lady, Shuozhou
Province	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Shuozhou
Installed	15 July 1927
Term ended	25 July 1971
Predecessor	New title
Successor	Bonaventure Luo Juan
Orders
Ordination	19 September 1920
Personal details
Born	(1894-05-11)11 May 1894 Frittlingen, Baden-Württemberg, German Empire
Died	25 July 1971(1971-07-25) (aged 77) Ingolstadt, West Germany
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Edgar Anton Häring (simplified Chinese: 俞广仁; traditional Chinese: 俞廣仁; pinyin: Yú Guǎngrén; 11 May 1894 – 25 July 1971) was a German Catholic priest and bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shuozhou from 1927 to 1971.

Biography

Edgar Anton Häring was born in Frittlingen, Baden-Württemberg, German Empire, on 11 May 1894. He became a member of the Franciscans in 1913. He was ordained a priest on 19 September 1920. That same year, he was sent as a missionary to China. On 15 July 1927, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shuozhou by the Holy See.

After establishment of the Communist State in 1949, Edgar Anton Häring became, like all foreign missionaries, had to leave China after the Chinese Communist Party came to power.

Edgar Anton Häring died in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, West Germany, at the age of 77.