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Peter Luo Xuegang

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Most Reverend

Peter Luo Xuegang
Bishop of Saifu
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseChongqing
DioceseSuifu
Installed16 December 2012
PredecessorJohn Chen Shi-zhong
SuccessorIncumbent
Orders
Ordination30 November 1991
Consecration30 November 2012
by John Chen Shi-zhong
Personal details
Born
罗学刚

(1964-02-20) February 20, 1964 (age 60)
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materSichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College
National Seminary of Catholic Church in China
Motto耶穌是善牧
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuó Xuégāng

Peter Luo Xuegang (simplified Chinese: 罗雪刚; traditional Chinese: 羅雪剛; born 20 February 1964) is a Sichuanese Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of the Diocese of Suifu since 2012.[1][2] He is a member of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

Biography

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Luo was born in Renshou County, Sichuan, on February 20, 1964, to a Catholic family. In April 1984 he entered the Sichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College, where he graduated in December 1988. Then he was accepted to the Shanghai Sheshan Monastery. From March to December 2004 he studied at the National Seminary of Catholic Church in China.

He was ordained a priest on November 30, 1991. Then he was assigned to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leshan.

He accepted the episcopacy with the papal mandate on November 30, 2011. On December 16, 2012, after the death of his predecessor John Chen Shi-zhong, he became bishop of Suifu.

References

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  1. ^ 罗雪刚主教一行视察泸州教会. tzjybjq.com (in Chinese). 2018-11-27. Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  2. ^ 四川省天主教成都教区 唐远阁主教祝圣庆典举行. ifeng (in Chinese). 2016-12-01.
Catholic Church titles
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John Chen Shi-zhong
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suifu
2012
Incumbent