Guo Jincai
Vice-President of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Native name
郭金才
ProvinceHebei
Installed9 December 2010
Orders
Ordination2010
by Fang Jianping
Personal details
BornFebruary 1968 (age 55)
Chengde, Hebei, China
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
ResidenceBeijing, China
Alma materHebei Provincial Catholic Theological College
Coat of armsGuo Jincai's coat of arms

Joseph Guo Jincai (Chinese: 郭金才; pinyin: Guō Jīncái; born February 1968) is a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Hebei, China.[1] He is also vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and China Committee on Religion and Peace.[2][3] He was a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress.

Biography

Guo was born in Chengde, Hebei, in February 1968. He became the Roman Catholic Bishop of Chengde in 2010 and was ordained bishop by Bishop of Tangshan Fang Jianping (Chinese: 方建平) that year. Guo Jincai has been made a bishop of Chengde in Hebei without consent of the pope and was excommunicated latae sententiae. On December 9, 2010, he was elected vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.[4]

On September 22, 2018, Pope Francis lifted the excommunication of Joseph Guo Jincai and other six bishops previously appointed by the Chinese government without a pontifical mandate.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ 郭金才主教率团访问澳大利亚和新西兰圣经公会. chinacatholic.cn (in Chinese). 2016-09-02. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  2. ↑ “中宗和”副主席郭金才访问美国圣经公会. cppcc.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2012-11-01.
  3. ↑ 郭金才主教接待德国天主教弗莱堡大教区大学生代表团. chinacatholic.cn (in Chinese). 2015-08-20. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  4. ↑ 郭金才主教应邀率团访问美国. chinacatholic.cn (in Chinese). 2017-09-22. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  5. ↑ www.cath.ch
  6. ↑ press.vatican.va


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