Joseph Zhu Huayu

Joseph Zhu Huayu
Bishop of Bengbu
Native name	朱化宇
Church	Bengbu Cathedral
Province	Anhui
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Bengbu
Installed	1986
Term ended	2001
Predecessor	Zhou Yi-zhai
Successor	Liu Xinhong
Orders
Ordination	1947
Personal details
Born	1918 (1918) Xingtai, Hebei, China
Died	February 26, 2005(2005-02-26) (aged 86–87) Bengbu, Anhui, China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Chinese name
Chinese	朱化宇
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhū Huàyǔ

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhu.

Joseph Zhu Huayu (Chinese: 朱化宇; 1918 – 26 February 2005) was a Chinese priest, bishop of the Catholic Patriotic Association, recognized by the state authorities of the People's Republic of China, while remaining without communication with the Vatican.

Biography

Zhu was born in Xingtai, Hebei, in 1918. He was ordained in 1947. He worked as a priest. The years 1966-1976 (Cultural Revolution) he forced to work in the fields instead of spreading Catholicism. From 1981, he worked as a pastor in the province of Anhui. In 1986 he became the bishop of Bengbu. After the administrative changes of the diocese (made by the state authorities), he headed the new diocese of Anhui (2001), covering the entire province, and the merger of the existing dioceses of Bengbu, Anqing and Wuhu and the Tunxi Apostolic Prefecture.