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Bartholomew Yu Chengti

1919 – 2009

Chinese bishop

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Lived 1919 – 2009 (aged 90). Bartholomew Yu Chengti was a Chinese theologian, catholic priest and catholic bishop.

Bartholomew Yu Chengti (; 17 August 1919 – 14 September 2009) was a Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic bishop.

Bishop Yu was born in the Roman Catholic family in 1919. He joined the major theological seminary at the age 17 and was ordained a priest in 1949. He was detained and sent to a forced labour camp in the time of the Cultural Revolution. After the release from camp, he was clandestinely consecrated as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hanzhong on December 10, 1981. He served as bishop until 2003. Bishop Yu was never recognised by the Chinese government and never joined the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. He was an older brother of another clandestine bishop Matthias Yu Chengxin.

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Who was Bartholomew Yu Chengti?

Chinese bishop (1919–2009)

When was Bartholomew Yu Chengti born?

Bartholomew Yu Chengti was born on 17 August 1919.

When did Bartholomew Yu Chengti die?

Bartholomew Yu Chengti died on 14 September 2009 in Shaanxi.

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Bartholomew Yu Chengti was a theologian, catholic priest and catholic bishop.

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Bartholomew Yu Chengti was Chinese.

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· Wikidata: Q782005

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