Matthias Du Jiang

Matthias Du Jiang (Chinese: 杜江; pinyin: Dù Jiāng; born 20 November 1963) is a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Apostolic Prefecture of Lindong since 2004.[1][2]

Matthias Du Jiang
Bishop of the Apostolic Prefecture of Lindong
ChurchCatholic Church of Shaanba Town
DioceseApostolic Prefecture of Lindong
Installed2004
PredecessorFrancis Xavier Guo Zhengji
Orders
Ordination1989
Personal details
Born (1963-11-20) November 20, 1963
Qahar Right Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materInner Mongolia Seminary
Coat of armsMatthias Du Jiang's coat of arms
In this Chinese name, the family name is Du.

Biography

Du was born in Qahar Right Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia, China, on November 20, 1963, to a Catholic family. In 1985 he entered the Inner Mongolia Seminary. He was ordained a priest in 1989. He became parish priest in the church in Sanshenggong in 1997, and was Bameng's general vicar in 2000. He was "secretly" ordained bishop on May 7, 2004, succeeding Bishop Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji, who died four days before on May 3. He was openly in office on April 8, 2010, six years after the Communist government signaled that they accepted his status as bishop.[3]

References
  1. Xiao Shan (小山) (27 August 2019). 临时性协议后，中国首位主教获得祝圣. vaticannews.va (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. 中梵临时协议后中国第一个教区主教获祝圣. rfi.fr (in Chinese). 28 August 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. 内蒙古巴彦淖尔教区主教杜江就职仪式举行(图). fjnet.com (in Chinese). 12 April 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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