Paul Meng Zhuyou
Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan from 2013
Paul Meng Zhuyou (Chinese: 孟宁友; born January 8, 1963) is a Chinese Catholic clergyman and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan from 2013.
Biography
He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1991. He accepted the episcopacy with a papal mandate on September 16, 2010. On November 24, 2013, he became Archbishop of Taiyuan Metropolitan, replacing his predecessor Bishop Sylvester Li Jian-tang. His appointment was endorsed by the Holy See and the Chinese government.
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