Philip Zhao Huaiyi

Philippus Zhao Huaiyi (; 4 October 1880 - 14 October 1927) was one of the first six Chinese Catholic bishops of modern times.

Biography Zhao was born Zhao Bingyi in Beijing, on October 4, 1880. Zhao was from a Catholic family.

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. They were the first six Chinese Catholic bishops of modern times. Zhao had been one of the recommendations made by Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe. Zhao was the personal secretary to Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, at the time Zhao became a bishop.

The Holy See framed these consecrations as an important moment for indigenizing the Catholic Church. After leaving Rome, the new bishops toured Italy, France, Belgium, and Holland where crowds of local European Catholics greeted them.

Zhao was appointed to the apostolic vicariate of Xuanhua, which was a new vicariate created from north of Beijing.

He died in Beijing, on October 14, 1927.