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Peter Chen Bolu

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Peter Chen Bolu
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongnian
ProvinceRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Yongnian
InstalledMay 19, 1987
Term ended1999
PredecessorJoseph Cui Shouxun
SuccessorJohn Han Dingxiang
Orders
Ordination1944
by Joseph Cui Shouxun
Personal details
Born23 May 1914
DiedNovember 5, 2009(2009-11-05) (aged 95)
Wei County, Handan, Hebei
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of armsCoat of arms of Peter Chen Bo Lu
Peter Chen Bolu
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese陳柏廬
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Bólú

Peter Chen Bolu (23 May 1914 – November 5, 2009) was the Chinese bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daming.[1]

Biography

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Chen was born in 1914. He was first ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1944.[1] He was imprisoned and sent to a hard labor camp during the Cultural Revolution.[1]

Chen was secretly ordained the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong by Bishop Francis Han Tingbi in 1986.[1]

He was openly installed and ordained as the Chinese bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Handan on May 29, 1988.[1] Unlike other bishops, Chen's appointment was supported both by the Vatican and the government of the People's Republic of China.[1] As bishop, Chen oversaw the construction of the Dazhong Hospital within the diocese, which opened in 1994.[1] He also built ten health care clinics throughout the diocese, which is located in northern China.[1]

He remained at that post until his retirement in 1999.[1]

Chen died on November 5, 2009, at the Dazhong Hospital (大众医院), which he built, at the age of 96.[2] At the time of his death, Chen was the oldest Catholic bishop in China.[1] His funeral was held on November 11, 2009, in church in the village of Qiancaozhuang, Yongnian District, Handan.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "CHINA Country's oldest bishop dies in hospital he built". Union of Catholic Asian News. 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
  2. ^ Bishop Peter Chen Bolu dies at 97: Diocese of Yongnian/Handan doubled in Catholics, thanks to his zealous labor
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