Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei
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Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (simplified Chinese: 龚品梅; traditional Chinese: 龔品梅; pinyin: Gōng Pǐnméi; Wade–Giles: Kung P'in-mei; 2 August 1901 – 12 March 2000) was the Catholic Bishop of Shanghai, China, from 1950 until his death in 2000. He spent 30 years in Chinese prisons for defying attempts by China's Communist government to control Catholics in the country through the government-approved Catholic Patriotic Association. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.
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Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai | |
Diocese | Shanghai |
See | Shanghai |
Appointed | 15 July 1950 |
Installed | 1950 |
Term ended | 12 March 2000 |
Successor | Joseph Fan Zhongliang |
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Ordination | 28 May 1930 |
Consecration | 7 October 1949 by Antonio Riberi |
Created cardinal | 30 June 1979 (in pectore) 28 June 1991 (revealed) by Pope John Paul II |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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Born | Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901-08-02)2 August 1901 |
Died | 12 March 2000(2000-03-12) (aged 98) Stamford, Connecticut, United States of America |
Buried | Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara, California |
Nationality | Stateless |
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Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Shanghai |
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