John Baptist Wu
John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung (Chinese: 胡振中; Cantonese Yale: Wu Cheng-chung; 26 March 1925 – 23 September 2002) was the fifth Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong and the first cardinal from that diocese. He was a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung | |
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| Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong | |
| Diocese | Hong Kong |
| Appointed | 5 April 1975 |
| Installed | 25 July 1975 |
| Term ended | 23 September 2002 |
| Predecessor | Peter Lei |
| Successor | Joseph Zen |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano (1988–2002) |
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| Ordination | 6 July 1952 |
| Consecration | 25 July 1975 by Agnelo Rossi |
| Created cardinal | 29 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1925 Wuhua, Meizhou, Guangdong, China |
| Died | 23 September 2002 (aged 77) Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong |
| Buried | St. Michael's Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong (until 2022) Chapel of St. Anthony, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong (from 2022) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Hong Kong |
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| Traditional Chinese | 胡振中 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 胡振中 | ||||||||||||||
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