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On May 21, 2021, Bishop Zhang Weizhu was arrested; the day before, seven priests and ten seminarians had been arrested. [ 2 ] On May 20, 2021 in the early afternoon, about 100 policemen from Hebei province - from Cangzhou, Hejian and Shaheqiao - surrounded the building that is used as a diocesan seminary in Shaheqiao, Hebei.
On December 12, 1924, Pope Pius XI elevated the Apostolic Vicariate of North Carolina into the Diocese of Raleigh, making it the first Catholic diocese in North Carolina. [14] The pope appointed Monsignor William Hafey of Baltimore as its first bishop. In 1937, Pius XI named Hafey as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Scranton.
The first arrest was in 1955, when he refused to enter the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. He was arrested again for the same reason in 1958, but he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. He was then arrested in 1984, released in 1987, and was arrested yet again in 1990 until he was once again released in 1992. [3] In 1999, Xie was ...
Julius Jia Zhiguo (born 5 June 1934) is an underground bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the People's Republic of China. Bishop Jia was ordained priest on 7 June 1980 and consecrated bishop half year later, on 19 December 1980. [1] He had been jailed for as long as 20 years, but had been released before he disappeared.
Speaking on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” in his first interview since becoming vice president, JD Vance questioned the motives of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops — the “largest ...
In 1989 he hosted the first conference of China's underground bishops at his parish church, where 10 bishops attended. [1] He was again arrested in December 1989, [5] but was released in June 1990 due to ill health. [3] He visited Italy again in 1992, where Pope John Paul II received him. [1] Zhang died on 20 March 1997 in Zhangerce Village. [1]
Peter Jugis was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 3, 1957.He was baptized at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Charlotte in 1957 by Reverend Michael J. Begley.Jugis attended South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, graduating in 1975.
A post shared on X claims that the woman who asked President Donald Trump to “have mercy” on LGBT people and immigrants was a Catholic bishop. Verdict: Misleading She is a member of the ...