Joseph Huang Bingzhang | |
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Vice-President of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association | |
Native name | 黄炳章 |
Installed | December 2016 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1991 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1967 (age 56–57)
Huilai County,
Guangdong, China |
Nationality | Chinese |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Residence | Beijing, China |
Alma mater | Central and South Catholic Academy of Theology and Philosophy |
Joseph Huang Bingzhang ( simplified Chinese: 黄炳章; traditional Chinese: 黃炳章; pinyin: Huáng Bǐngzhāng; born 1967) is a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Shantou, Guangdong. [1] He is now the vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. He was a deputy to the 11th and 13th National People's Congress. [2]
Huang was born in Huilai County, Guangdong, in 1967. He was ordained a priest in 1991. On July 14, 2011, he became the Bishop of Shantou, Guangdong, without papal permission and was excommunicated latae sententiae. [3] In December 2016, he was elected vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.
On September 22, 2018, Pope Francis lifted the excommunication of Joseph Huang Bingzhang and other bishops previously appointed by the Chinese government without a pontifical mandate. [4] [5]