Bartholomew Yu Chengti - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Aug 17, 1919 Died on 14 Sep 2009 (aged 90)

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About Bartholomew Yu Chengti

  • Bartholomew Yu Chengti (Chinese: ???; 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 in the age 17 and was ordained a priest in 1949.
  • He was detained and sent to a forced labour camps 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 the another clandestine bishop Matthias Yu Chengxin.

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