Matthias Duan Yinming
Matthias Duan Yinming | |||||||
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Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wanxian | |||||||
Native name | 段荫明 | ||||||
Province | Sichuan | ||||||
Installed | 1949 | ||||||
Term ended | 2001 | ||||||
Predecessor | Francis Xavier Wang Zepu | ||||||
Successor | Joseph Xu Zhixuan | ||||||
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Ordination | 1953 | ||||||
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Born | |||||||
Died | January 10, 2001 Beijing, China | (aged 92)||||||
Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||
Alma mater | Pontifical Urban University | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 段蔭明 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 段荫明 | ||||||
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Matthias Duan Yinming (simplified Chinese: 段荫明; traditional Chinese: 段蔭明; 22 February 1908 - 10 January 2001) was a Sichuanese Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Wanxian, China.
Biography
Duan was born in Dachuan District, Dazhou, Sichuan, on February 22, 1908, to a Catholic family, during the late Qing dynasty. He went to study at Pontifical Urban University in Rome in 1935. He was ordained a priest in 1938.[1]
In 1944, he was appointed president of the Shiguang Catholic Church. On June 9, 1949, Pope Pius XII appointed Duan as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wanxian. He was ordained bishop on October 18 of that same year.[1]
After the establishment of the Communist State, he successively served as director of the Sichuan Catholic Partnership, member of the China Catholic Partnership, vice-chairman of Sichuan Catholic Partnership.[1]
In 1998, Pope John Paul II invited Duan to attend the special session of bishops in Asia. He could not travel without a passport.[1]
He died on January 10, 2001.[1]
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- 1908 births
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- Sichuanese Roman Catholics
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- People from Dazhou
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