Joseph Xu Zhixuan

Joseph Xu Zhixuan (Chinese: 徐之玄; 7 July 1916 - 8 December 2008) was a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Chongqing, China.

Joseph Xu Zhixuan
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wanxian
Native name
徐之玄
ProvinceSichuan
Installed2001
Term ended2008
PredecessorMatthias Duan Yinming
Successor Paul He Zeqing
Orders
Ordination2001
Personal details
Born(1916-07-07)July 7, 1916
Dachuan District, Dazhou, Sichuan, China
DiedDecember 8, 2008(2008-12-08) (aged 92)
Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materFu Jen Catholic University
Chinese name
Chinese徐之玄
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xu.

Biography

Xu was born Xu Huafu (Chinese: 徐华富) in Dachuan District of Dazhou, Sichuan, on July 7, 1916. From 1928 to 1934 he studied in little Catholic churches in both Ba County and Zhong County. From 1934 to 1939 he studied at Zhenye Middle School (Chinese: 震野中学). After graduating the Wan County Institute of Philosophy in 1943, he taught at a Catholic church in Zhong County. He was ordained a priest in 1946. In 1947 he was accepted to the Fu Jen Catholic University. After university, he went back to the Wan County Institute of Philosophy as a teacher there.[1]

In 1950 he entered the Beijing National Normal University. After graduating in 1953, he became a maths teacher at the Beijing No. 4 High School. In 1959 he was transferred to a state farm in northeast China's Heilongjiang province to reform through labour. In 1971, the Chinese government allowed him to return home. He was rehabilitated in 1978, after the Cultural Revolution. In 1982 he became a priest at a Catholic church in Da County, and served until 1998. He was ordained assistant bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wanxian on July 31, 1989. He was promoted to become bishop on January 16, 2001.[1]

He died on December 8, 2008, aged 93.[1]

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References
  1. 万州教区：徐之玄主教安息主怀. chinacatholic.org (in Chinese). 2008-12-10.
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