John Baptist Wu
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| Died | 23 September 2002 (aged 77) Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong |
| Buried | St. Michael's Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong (until 2022)[1] Chapel of St. Anthony, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong (from 2022) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
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| Styles of John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung | |
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His Eminence | |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Hong Kong |
| John Baptist Wu | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Hú Zhènzhōng |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Fu Ziin-Zung |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Wu Cheng-chung |
John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung (
Biography
A Hakka, Wu was born in the village of Ho Hau, Wu-hua (Province of Guangdong, Diocese of Kai-ying). Baptized in the village's parish church, he received his primary education there. He joined the diocesan minor seminary of Ka-ying for his secondary education in 1940 and was ordained in 1952.[2]
He was appointed the fifth Bishop of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese by
After due preparation, he initiated a Diocesan Renewal Movement for priests, laity and religious. On 25 March 1985, he led a five-member delegation on a seven-day visit to Beijing and Shanghai, at the invitation of the National Bureau of Religious Affairs under the State Council of China. He was the first bishop of Hong Kong to visit the mainland China. Later on 21 January 1986, he led a seven-member delegation on a ten-day visit to Guangzhou and the eastern part of his home Province, Guangdong, at the invitation of the Bureau of Religious Affairs of that Province. This visit marked the first reunion with his 85-year-old mother, after a separation of 40 years.
He was named a member of the Sacred College of Cardinals by Pope John Paul II on 29 May 1988.
After the
On 1 September 1991, Wu issued a pastoral letter that exhorting the faithful to give full support to the direct elections to the Legislative Council – the first time in the history of Hong Kong – on 15 September.[2] In 1999, he convoked the "Diocesan Synod" to meet the pastoral needs of the Third Millennium.
He died of cancer and diabetes on 23 September 2002 at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong, aged 77. He was buried in St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, Happy Valley.
In September 2022, twenty years after his death, Wu's remains were exhumed and re-interred in the Crypt of The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
See also
References
- ^ Su, Xinqi (11 January 2019). "Top officials join Hong Kong Catholics in packed cathedral for Bishop Michael Yeung's funeral mass". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ a b Leung, Beatrice; Chan, Shunning (2003). Changing Church and State Relations in Hong Kong, 1950-2000. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
- ^ Wu, John (October 1989). "March into the Bright Decade: Pastoral Exhortation of Cardinal John B. Wu on the Pastoral Commitment of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong". Catholic Information Service.
External links
- His Biography at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 August 2007)
- GCatholic.org on the Bishops of Hong Kong
- Notice of death of Cardinal Wu
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