Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin
{{Short description|Chinese Catholic priest and bishop}}
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| title = Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan
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| term_start = 1981
| term_end = 1994
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| predecessor = Paul Li Dehua
| successor = Sylvester Li Jian-tang
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| name = Zhang Xin
| church = Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan
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| diocese = Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan
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| ordination = 1937
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|10|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|09|10|1911|10|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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| religion = Roman Catholic
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| alma_mater = Fu Jen Catholic University
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| native_name = 张信 (simplified Chinese);
張信 (traditional Chinese);
Zhāng Xìn (pinyin)
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Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin ({{zh|s=张信|t=張信|p=Zhāng Xìn}}; 23 October 1911 – 10 September 1999) was a Chinese Catholic priest and bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan from 1981 to 1994.{{cite news |last=Cheney |first=David |title=Bishop Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bzhangxin.html |access-date=11 February 2023}}
Biography
Zhang was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi, on 23 October 1911.{{cite news |date=10 September 1999 |title= |script-title=zh:两位主教安息主怀 |language=zh |trans-title=The two bishops rest in peace |work=zhonglian.org |publisher=Zhonglian-China Catholic Communication |url=http://www.zhonglian.org/tongxun96_7.html |access-date=11 February 2023}} He joined the Order of Friars Minor in 1931. He was ordained a priest in 1937. He graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University.
During the ten-year Cultural Revolution, Zhang was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.
In 1981, Zhang was consecrated as bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan by Joseph Zong Huaide, the zhen president of the Catholic Patriotic Association. He retired in 1994.
Zhang died of an illness on 10 September 1999, at the age of 87.
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Category:Fu Jen Catholic University alumni
Category:Chinese Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Bishops of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association