Joseph Zong Huaide (Shandong)

Zong Huaide (Chinese: 宗怀德; 12 May 1917 - 27 June 1997) was a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Shandong, China.[1][2] In the final years of his life, he achieved high offices in the church and CCP-supported Catholic organizations.

Joseph Zong Huaide
President of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Native name	宗怀德
Province	Shandong
Installed	22 May 1980
Term ended	17 January 1998
Predecessor	Ignatius Pi Shushi
Successor	Michael Fu Tieshan
Orders
Ordination	1943
Personal details
Born	(1917-05-12)May 12, 1917 Huantai County, Shandong, China
Died	June 27, 1997(1997-06-27) (aged 80) Beijing, China
Buried	Zhangjiadian Catholic Church
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Yaohan Theology and Philosophy Fu Jen Catholic University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	宗懷德
Simplified Chinese	宗怀德
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zōng Huáidé

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zong.

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 Huantai County, Shandong, on May 12, 1917, to a Catholic family. He had six young brothers and sisters. After graduating from the Yaohan Theology and Philosophy (Chinese: 耀汉神哲学院) in Jinan, he was consecrated as priest in Zhoucun District of Zibo City.[1][2]

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he propagated Counter-Japanese and National Salvation throughout Shandong province. In 1948 he was accepted to the Fu Jen Catholic University. Zong was ordained bishop in 1958. On August 24, 1966, at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards had attacked the Catholic Church, volumes of scriptures, historical documents, and other works of art were either removed, damaged or destroyed in the massive socialist movement.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 Chinese Patriotic Catholic 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

1. 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.
2. 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.

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