Joseph Tang Yuange

Joseph Tang Yuange
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu
Joseph Tang Yuange
Church	Chinese Patriotic Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Chongqing
Diocese	Chengdu
Installed	2016
Predecessor	Michael Liu Xianru [no]
Orders
Ordination	1991
Personal details
Born	(1963-11-17) November 17, 1963 (age 61) Jintang County, Sichuan, China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Sichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College
Motto	Fides, Spes et Caritas (Latin for 'Faith, Hope, and Charity')
Coat of arms
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	唐遠閣
Simplified Chinese	唐远阁
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táng Yuǎngé

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tang.

Joseph Tang Yuange (simplified Chinese: 唐远阁; traditional Chinese: 唐遠閣; pinyin: Táng Yuǎngé; born November 17, 1963) is a Sichuanese Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of the Diocese of Chengdu since 2016.^[1][2]

Biography

Tang was born in Jintang County, Sichuan, on November 17, 1963. From 1984 to 1988 he studied at the Sichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College.

He was ordained a priest in 1991. He was elected Bishop of Chengdu. He accepted the episcopacy with the papal mandate on November 30, 2016.^[3]

See also

• Catholic Church in Sichuan
• Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Chengdu

References

1. 成都教区唐远阁候任主教一行来渝考察交流. chinacatholic.cn (in Chinese). 2016-01-12. Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
2. 四川省天主教成都教区 唐远阁主教祝圣庆典举行. 163.com (in Chinese). 2016-12-01.
3. 获中国与梵蒂冈认可 唐远阁任成都教区主教. zaobao.com (in Chinese). Singapore. 2016-12-01.

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