Matthew Cao Xiangde (Chinese: 曹湘德; September 1927 – 9 July 2021) was a Chinese Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhejiang, China.[1][2][3]
Biography
Cao was born in 1927 in Pudong District, Shanghai.[4] In 1950, he studied in Jiaxing St. Vincent General Monastery (嘉兴文生总修院), and transferred to Beijing St. Vincent College (北京文声学院) in 1952, and studied theology at No. 2 of Ximen street, in Haimen, Zhejiang in 1954.[4] Cao completed his priesthood education in the 1980s in Sheshan and was ordained a priest in 1985.
On 25 June 2000, he became the bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hangzhou without a pontifical mandate, despite strong warnings from the Holy See in advance.
In September 2004, he asked the Holy See to be legittimated. On 8 June 2008, he was recognized as bishop, but without any jurisdiction.[5]
References
- ^ 曹湘德 [Cao Xiangde] (in Chinese). 20 April 2017.
- ^ 杨志刚局长慰问天主教杭州教区曹湘德主教. zjsmzw.gov.cn (in Chinese). 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ 杭州市民宗局领导慰问天主教杭州教区曹湘德主教. zjsmzw.gov.cn (in Chinese). 30 July 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ a b c 讣告：天主教杭州教区玛窦·曹湘德主教，于2021年7月9日下午16时26分，因病逝世，安息主怀。享年93岁。. hangzhou.com.cn (in Chinese). 10 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "'Official' Catholic bishop of Hangzhou in China dies at 93". 13 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021.
- ^ Sergio Ticozzi (10 July 2021). "Hangzhou, morto il vescovo "ufficiale" Cao Xiangde" (in Italian).
See also
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