Ignatius C. Wang
Patrick Joseph McGrath, and John Charles Wester | |
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Motto | Quid retribuam Domino (What shall I repay the Lord?) |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency | |
Religious style | Bishop |
Ignatius Chung Wang (born February 27, 1934) is a Chinese-born American bishop of the
Biography
Early life
Ignatius Wang was born in Beijing in what was then the Republic of China on February 27, 1934. He attended Catholic schools in the former British Colony of Hong Kong, then started his studies for the priesthood at the Regional Seminary for South China in Hong Kong.[1]
Priesthood
On July 4, 1959, Wang was ordained into the priesthood for the Prefecture of
In 1962, Wang began studies in Rome, receiving a Doctor of Canon Law degree. His first assignment was as a parish priest and vicar general of the Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada.[2]
In 1974, the Vatican allowed Wang to transfer to
In 1981, Wang was appointed as director of the Office of Chinese Catholic Ministry. He initiated a ritual blessing of ancestors at the Chinese New Year's Mass. In 1982, he was posted as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in San Francisco, becoming the first Chinese-American Catholic pastor in San Francisco.[2] He also became a member of the archdiocesan Tribunal and coordinator of the Chinese Apostolate.
In 1989,
Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco
On December 13, 2002, John Paul II appointed Wang as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and
On May 16, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI received Wang's letter of resignation as auxiliary bishop of San Francisco, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 for bishops.[1]
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References
- ^ a b c "Bishop Ignatius Chung Wang". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ^ a b c d e "BISHOP IGNATIUS C. WANG". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ Donovan, Gill (2003). "National Catholic Reporter article". National Catholic Reporter. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ "Chinese-american Becomes 1st Asian Catholic Bishop In U.s." Orlando Sentinel. 15 December 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ Michael O. Garvey (21 September 2003). "First Asian-American Catholic bishop to speak Sept. 29". Notre Dame News. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 28 March 2012.