News: The Vatican will appoint Zhou Shouren as the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. The announcement will be made soonest in the evening

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Written by: Peng Zhuowei

2021-05-17 16:44

Last update date: 2021-05-17 16:45

The post of the Catholic Bishop of the Hong Kong Diocese has been vacant since the death of the former Bishop Yang Mingzhang in January 2019. According to reliable sources, the Vatican will appoint Zhou Shouren, the President of the Society of Jesuits of China and the supervisor of the Huaren School of Education, as the new bishop of the Catholic Hong Kong Diocese, as soon as today ( 17) Announced in the evening.

The current supervisor of the two schools of Kowloon and Hong Kong Huaren College and a doctorate in education from Harvard University

After the death of Yang Mingzhang, the former bishop of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong, in January 2019, the Vatican appointed the former bishop Cardinal Tong Han as the apostle. The bishop of the diocese of Hong Kong has been suspended for more than two years. Earlier, the auxiliary bishops of the diocese Xia Zhicheng and Father Cai Huimin were the assistant bishops of the diocese. Popular successor candidates.

Zhou Shouren, 62, was ordained a priest in 1994. Since 2018, he has served as the President of the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesuits. He is also the supervisor of the Huaren College in Kowloon and the Huaren College in Hong Kong.

Zhou Shouren studied at Huaren College in Hong Kong, and later studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Minnesota in the United States. After returning to Hong Kong, he taught in Kowloon and Huaren in Hong Kong. In 2006, he obtained a doctorate in education from Harvard University.

After the National Security Law took effect, I wrote to students: schools are not a platform for political mobilization

During the anti-amendment law turmoil in 2019, Zhou Shouren wrote on Facebook that it was acceptable to handle differences in a peaceful manner, but the most unwilling violence has been escalating. He said, "Unfortunately, different people have chosen. Solving the problem with violence has made the originally kind "initial mind" dark and dull."

After the "Hong Kong National Security Law" took effect last year, Zhou Shouren sent a letter to two Huaren Colleges, emphasizing that the school is not a political organization, nor a platform for political mobilization, reminding students to pay attention to the legal consequences of their behavior under social and political disturbances. .

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