Joseph Huang Bingzhang
{{Short description|Chinese bishop}}
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| title = Vice-President of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
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| birth_place = Huilai County, Guangdong, China
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| religion = Roman Catholic
| residence = Beijing, China
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| alma_mater = Central and South Catholic Academy of Theology and Philosophy
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Joseph Huang Bingzhang ({{zh|s=黄炳章|t=黃炳章|p=Huáng Bǐngzhāng}}; born 1967) is a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Shantou, Guangdong.{{cite news |url=http://www.chinacatholic.cn/html/report/17030813-1.htm |script-title=zh:黄炳章主教参加汕头市委统战部、市民宗局传达学习全国“两会”精神会议 |work=chinacatholic.cn |date=2017-03-29 |language=zh |access-date=2018-09-29 |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929114724/http://www.chinacatholic.cn/html/report/17030813-1.htm |url-status=dead }} He is now the vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. He was a deputy to the 11th and 13th National People's Congress.{{cite news |url=http://news.cri.cn/gb/27824/2013/03/15/6611s4053556.htm |script-title=zh:黄炳章主教:教职人员和人大代表相辅相成 |work=CRI |date=2013-03-15 |language=zh |access-date=2018-09-29 |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929155528/http://news.cri.cn/gb/27824/2013/03/15/6611s4053556.htm |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Huang was born in Huilai County, Guangdong, in 1967. He was ordained a priest in 1991. On July 14, 2011, he became the Bishop of Shantou, Guangdong, without papal permission and was excommunicated latae sententiae.{{cite news |url=http://news.hqcr.com/projects/news/view.aspx?nid=377676 |script-title=zh:天主教汕头教区举行黄炳章主教祝圣典礼 |work=hqcr.com |date=2011-07-15 |language=zh }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In December 2016, he was elected vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.
On September 22, 2018, Pope Francis lifted the excommunication of Joseph Huang Bingzhang and other bishops previously appointed by the Chinese government without a pontifical mandate.[https://www.cath.ch/newsf/le-pape-francois-leve-lexcommunication-des-eveques-chinois-illegitimes/ www.cath.ch][http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/09/22/0676/01471.html press.vatican.va]