Paul Pei Junmin

Paul Pei Junmin
Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang
Church	Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Shenyang
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shenyang
Province	Liaoning
Installed	2008
Predecessor	Pius Jin Pei-xian
Orders
Ordination	1992
Consecration	2006
Personal details
Born	(1969-02-02) 2 February 1969 (age 55) Harqin Zuoyi Mongol Autonomous County, Liaoning, China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Shenyang Catholic Seminary St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	裴軍民
Simplified Chinese	裴军民
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Péi Jūnmín

In this Chinese name, the family name is Pei.

Paul Pei Junmin (Chinese: 裴军民; born 2 February 1969) is a Chinese Catholic prelate and Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang since 2008.[1]

Biography

Pei was born in Harqin Zuoyi Mongol Autonomous County, Liaoning in 1969, to a Catholic family. After graduating from Shenyang Catholic Seminary in 1990, he worked in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Shenyang.

He was ordained a priest on May 31, 1992. In 1993, he went to study at the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.

He returned to China at the end of 1996 and that same year taught at Shenyang Catholic Seminary. On January 12, 2006, he was appointed coadjutor bishop of Liaoning (Shenyang) archdiocese by the Holy See and was honored pastoral post on May 7, 2006. On June 29, 2008, Bishop Pius Jin Pei-xian retired and Coadjutor Bishop Pei Junmin succeeded his position.[2] In December 2010, he was elected vice-chairman of the Bishops Conference of Catholic Church in China (BCCCC) at the Eighth National Conference of Catholic Representatives in China.

References

1. 沈阳教区裴军民主教到河南调研. hncatholic.com (in Chinese). 2015-11-01.
2. 辽宁教区：金沛献主教荣休，裴军民助理主教接任. chinacatholic.org (in Chinese). 2008-07-07.

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