Peter Luo Xuegang

Peter Luo Xuegang (Chinese: 罗雪刚; born 20 February 1964) is a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suifu since 2012.[1][2] He is a member of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.

Peter Luo Xuegang
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suifu
Church	Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Yibin
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chongqing
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Suifu
Installed	2012
Predecessor	John Chen Shi-zhong
Orders
Ordination	1991
Personal details
Born	(1964-02-20) February 20, 1964 Renshou County, Sichuan, China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Sichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College National Seminary of Catholic Church in China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	羅雪剛
Simplified Chinese	罗雪刚
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luó Xuégāng

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

Biography

Luo was born in Renshou County, Sichuan, on February 20, 1964, to a Catholic family. In April 1984 he entered the Sichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College, where he graduated in December 1988. Then he was accepted to the Shanghai Sheshan Monastery. From March to December 2004 he studied at the National Seminary of Catholic Church in China.

He was ordained a priest on November 30, 1991. Then he was assigned to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leshan.

He accepted the episcopacy with the papal mandate on November 30, 2011. On December 16, 2012, after the death of his predecessor John Chen Shi-zhong, he became bishop of Suifu.

References

1. 罗雪刚主教一行视察泸州教会. tzjybjq.com (in Chinese). 2018-11-27.
2. 四川省天主教成都教区 唐远阁主教祝圣庆典举行. ifeng (in Chinese). 2016-12-01.

Catholic Church titles
Previous: John Chen Shi-zhong	Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suifu 2012	Incumbent