About Joseph Fan Heng'an
Lived 1882 – 1975 (aged 92–93). Joseph Fan Heng'an was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Joseph Fan Heng'an (; 16 October 1882 - 1975) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jining between 1933 and 1975.
Biography Fan was born in Chongli County, Hebei on October 16, 1882, during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911). He was ordained a priest on September 24, 1910. On January 10, 1933, he was appointed titular bishop and apostolic vicar by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jining. He was ordained bishop on June 11 of that year in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome by Pope Pius XI. When Jining was elevated to the diocese on April 11, 1946, he became bishop.
He died in 1975.
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Joseph Fan Heng'an was born on 16 October 1882 in Chongli District.
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Joseph Fan Heng'an died in 1975 in Qing dynasty.
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Joseph Fan Heng'an was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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