
Joseph Zen
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 93 |
Date of birth | January 13,1932 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Shanghai |
China | |
Successor | John Tong Hon |
Predecessor | John Baptist Wu |
Ordination | February 11, 1961 |
Consecration | December 9, 1996 |
Church | Catholic Church |
See | Hong Kong |
Ordin | 11 February 1961; by Maurilio Fossati |
Consecr | 9 December 1996; by John Baptist Wu |
Motto | Ipsi Cura Est; |
Books | Hong Kong |
For Love of My People I Will Not Remain Silent: A Series of Eight Lectures in Defense and Clarification of the 2007 Letter of Pope Benedict XVI to the Church in the People's Republic of China | |
Full name | Joseph Zen Ze-kiun |
Nationality | Chinese |
Taiwanese | |
Instal | 23 September 2002 |
Other post | Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 690740 |
Joseph Zen Life story
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun SDB is a cardinal of the Catholic Church from Hong Kong, who served as the sixth Bishop of Hong Kong. He was appointed cardinal in 2006, and has been outspoken on issues regarding human rights, political freedom, and religious liberty.