John Chen Shi-zhong

Deceased Person

1917 – 2012

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Who was John Chen Shi-zhong?

John Chen Shi-zhong was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suifu, China.

Born in 1917 to a Chinese Catholic family and raised in Yibin, Bishp Chen was ordained to the priesthood in 1946.

Chen was imprisoned twice, first time during the 1950s and again during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. He was rehabilitated in 1981 and was named bishop in 1985. He was recognized by the Holy See and the People's Republic of China as bishop.

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Born
Dec 26, 1917
Died
Dec 16, 2012

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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