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Philippus Zhao Huaiyi

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Philippus Zhao Huaiyi
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua
Philippus Zhao Huaiyi in December 1926. Autochrome by Georges Chevalier.
Native name
赵怀义
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua
ProvinceBeijing
Installed10 May 1926
Term ended14 October 1927
PredecessorNew position
SuccessorPeter Cheng You-you
Orders
Ordinationby Pope Pius XI
Personal details
Born(1880-10-04)October 4, 1880
DiedOctober 14, 1927(1927-10-14) (aged 47)
Beijing, China
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
MottoImpendam et Superimpender
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese怀
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhào Huáiyì

Philippus Zhao Huaiyi (Chinese: 赵怀义; 4 October 1880 - 14 October 1927) was a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Beijing, China.

Biography

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Zhao was born Zhao Bingyi (Chinese: 赵秉义) in Beijing, on October 4, 1880. His father died in the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. Zhao was educated at a Catholic church in Beijing. He was ordained a priest on February 27, 1904.[1]

On May 10, 1926, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua by the Pope Pius XI. He became one of six watched Chinese who were ordained by Pope Pius XI later that year. On October 28, 1926, he and five other Chinese priests (Odoric Cheng Hede, Simon Zhu Kaimin, Hu Ruoshan, Melchior Sun Dezhen, and Chen Guodi) were ordained bishops by Pope Pius XI in Rome. Then they had traveled to France, Belgium and other countries.

He died in Beijing, on October 14, 1927.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b 赵怀义 [Philippus Zhao Huaiyi]. gcatholic.org (in Chinese). 2018.
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