Matthew Cao Xiangde

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Matthew Cao Xiangde ({{zh|c=曹湘德|p=}}; September 1927 – 9 July 2021) was a Chinese Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhejiang, China.{{cite news|url=http://www.hzzx.gov.cn/zxgk/content/2017-04/20/content_6529167.htm |script-title=zh:曹湘德|trans-title=Cao Xiangde |date=20 April 2017 |language=zh}}{{cite news |url=http://www.zjsmzw.gov.cn/Public/NewsInfo.aspx?id=e6256d7a-d8f0-4558-8301-a571f4013e3d |script-title=zh:杨志刚局长慰问天主教杭州教区曹湘德主教 |work=zjsmzw.gov.cn |date=14 September 2016 |language=zh |access-date=22 December 2018 |archive-date=22 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222082150/http://www.zjsmzw.gov.cn/Public/NewsInfo.aspx?id=e6256d7a-d8f0-4558-8301-a571f4013e3d |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://www.zjsmzw.gov.cn/Public/NewsInfo.aspx?id=99a21492-cf6a-4956-aa64-dbe5616fb5a8 |script-title=zh:杭州市民宗局领导慰问天主教杭州教区曹湘德主教 |work=zjsmzw.gov.cn |date=30 July 2018 |language=zh |access-date=22 December 2018 |archive-date=22 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222082057/http://www.zjsmzw.gov.cn/Public/NewsInfo.aspx?id=99a21492-cf6a-4956-aa64-dbe5616fb5a8 |url-status=dead }}

Biography

Cao was born in 1927 in Pudong District, Shanghai. In 1950, he studied in Jiaxing St. Vincent General Monastery ({{zh|s=嘉兴文生总修院|labels=no}}), and transferred to Beijing St. Vincent College ({{zh|s=北京文声学院|labels=no}}) in 1952, and studied theology at No. 2 of Ximen street, in Haimen, Zhejiang in 1954. Cao completed his priesthood education in the 1980s in Sheshan and was ordained a priest in 1985.

On 25 June 2000, he became the bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hangzhou without a pontifical mandate, despite strong warnings from the Holy See in advance.

In September 2004, he asked the Holy See to be legittimated. On 8 June 2008, he was recognized as bishop, but without any jurisdiction.{{cite web|url=https://www.licas.news/2021/07/13/official-catholic-bishop-of-hangzhou-in-china-dies-at-93/|title='Official' Catholic bishop of Hangzhou in China dies at 93|date=July 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713082804/https://www.licas.news/2021/07/13/official-catholic-bishop-of-hangzhou-in-china-dies-at-93/|archive-date=July 13, 2021|url-status=live}}

He died on 9 July 2021.{{cite news|url=https://hzdaily.hangzhou.com.cn/hzrb/2021/07/10/article_detail_1_20210710A0212.html |script-title=zh:讣告：天主教杭州教区玛窦·曹湘德主教，于2021年7月9日下午16时26分，因病逝世，安息主怀。享年93岁。 |work=hangzhou.com.cn |date=10 July 2021 |access-date=15 July 2021 |language=zh}}{{cite web|title=Hangzhou, morto il vescovo "ufficiale" Cao Xiangde|periodical=|publisher=|url=http://www.asianews.it/notizie-it/Hangzhou,-morto-il-vescovo-'ufficiale'-Cao-Xiangde-53614.html|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Sergio Ticozzi|date=10 July 2021|language=it|pages=|quote=}}

Matthew Cao Xiangde

Biography

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