Philippus Zhao Huaiyi
Philippus Zhao Huaiyi | |||||||
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| Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua | |||||||
Philippus Zhao Huaiyi in December 1926. Autochrome by Georges Chevalier. | |||||||
| Native name | 赵怀义 | ||||||
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua | ||||||
| Province | Beijing | ||||||
| Installed | 10 May 1926 | ||||||
| Term ended | 14 October 1927 | ||||||
| Predecessor | New position | ||||||
| Successor | Peter Cheng You-you | ||||||
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| Ordination | by Pope Pius XI | ||||||
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| Born | October 4, 1880 | ||||||
| Died | October 14, 1927 (aged 47) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||
| Motto | Impendam et Superimpender | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 趙懷義 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赵怀义 | ||||||
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Philippus Zhao Huaiyi (Chinese: 赵怀义; 4 October 1880 - 14 October 1927) was one of the first six Chinese Catholic bishops of modern times.
Biography
Zhao was born Zhao Bingyi (Chinese: 赵秉义) in Beijing, on October 4, 1880.[1]: 72 Zhao was from a Catholic family.[1]: 72 He was ordained a priest on February 27, 1904.[2]
On October 28, 1926, he and five other Chinese priests (Odoric Cheng Hede, Simon Zhu Kaimin, Joseph Hu Ruoshan, Melchior Sun Dezhen, and Aloysius Chen Guodi) were ordained bishops by Pope Pius XI in Rome.[1]: 72 They were the first six Chinese Catholic bishops of modern times.[1]: 72 Zhao had been one of the recommendations made by Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe.[1]: 72 Zhao was the personal secretary to Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, at the time Zhao became a bishop.[1]: 72
The Holy See framed these consecrations as an important moment for indigenizing the Catholic Church.[1]: 71–73 After leaving Rome, the new bishops toured Italy, France, Belgium, and Holland where crowds of local European Catholics greeted them.[1]: 73
Zhao was appointed to the apostolic vicariate of Xuanhua, which was a new vicariate created from north of Beijing.[1]: 71
He died in Beijing, on October 14, 1927.[2]