Paul Xiao Zejiang
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang
ChurchCathedral of St Joseph in Guiyang
ProvinceGuizhou
DioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang
Installed2014
PredecessorAnicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi
Orders
Ordination1994
Personal details
BornOctober 1967 (age 56)
Guizhou, China
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蕭澤江
Simplified Chinese萧泽江

Paul Xiao Zejiang (Chinese: 萧泽江; born October 1967) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang since 2014.

Biography

Xiao was born in Guizhou in October 1967. He was ordained a priest in 1994.

In October 2006, the Holy See announced the decision to appoint Paul Xiao Zejiang as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang. The episcopal ordination ceremony was held on September 8, 2007. He received his episcopal ordination with the papal mandate on September 8, 2007. The Chinese government also recognized him as the Bishop of the Diocese of Guizhou, a diocese set up illegally by the Chinese government in 1999, which corresponds to the whole of Guizhou province.

On September 8, 2014, after the death of his predecessor, he became Archbishop Metropolitan of Guiyang.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang. gcatholic.org (in Chinese).
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