Joseph Zong Huaide (Shandong)
Joseph Zong Huaide | ||
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| President of the Hanyu Pinyin | Zōng Huáidé | |
Zong Huaide (
In the final years of his life, he achieved high offices in the church and CCP-supported Catholic organizations.He was a member of the 5th and 6th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the 7th and 8th Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference .
Biography
Zong was born in
During the
Red Guards had attacked the Catholic Church, volumes of scriptures, historical documents, and other works of art were either removed, damaged or destroyed in the massive socialist movement. Zong was forced to take part in reeducation through labour. In June 1970, after the Sino-Soviet border conflict, he was sent to home to raise hogs or pigs. On October 1, 1978, Zong was transferred to Jinan as a member of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1980 he was elected president of the Catholic Patriotic Association, deputy director of the National Administrative Commission of the Chinese Catholic Church and vice-president of the Bishops Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCCC).[1][2]
Before his death, Zong wrote to the Pope to repent and was forgiven by the Pope. On June 27, 1997, he died in Beijing, aged 80. He was buried in Zhangjiadian Catholic Church, Zibo, Shandong.
References
- ^ a b c 梵蒂冈不承认新中国 中国主教不获教宗认可. ifeng (in Chinese). 2014-01-27.
- ^ a b c 1949年梵蒂冈命令中国神父和教徒不许与中共合作. ifeng (in Chinese). 2014-01-27.