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Ignatius Kung Pin-mei
1901 – 2000
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryIgnatius Kung Pin-Mei was a Chinese Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Shanghai from 1950 until his death in 2000. He spent 30 years in prison for defying attempts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to control Catholics in the country through the government-approved Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. At the time of his death in exile in the United States, he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals, to which he was secretly appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1979.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 2, 1901
Date of death
March 12, 2000
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