Joseph Cardinal Zen
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His Eminence Joseph Zen SDB |
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| Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong | |
Cardinal Zen
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| Diocese | Hong Kong |
| Installed | 23 September 2002 |
| Term ended | 15 April 2009 |
| Predecessor | John Wu |
| Successor | John Tong |
| Other posts | Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 11 February 1961 by Maurilio Fossati |
| Consecration | 9 December 1996 by John Wu |
| Created Cardinal | 24 March 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 January 1932 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Motto | Ipsi Cura Est |
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Styles of Joseph Zen |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳日君 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 陈日君 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chén Rìjūn |
| Wade–Giles | Ch'en2 Jih4chün1 |
| Yale Romanization | Chén R̀jyūn |
| IPA | [ʈʂʰə̌n ɻ̩̂tɕýn] |
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Shanghainese Romanization |
[zəɲ zəʔ tɕyəɲ] |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Cin2 Ngit5 Giun1 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Sùhp Yahtgwān |
| IPA | [tsʰɐ̏n jɐ̀tkʷɐ́n] |
| Jyutping | can4 jat6 gwan1 |
13 January 1932
Shanghai, Republic of China
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun SDB (Shanghainese: [zəɲ zəʔ tɕyəɲ], born 13 January 1932) is a Chinese cardinal of the Catholic Church, who served as the sixth Bishop of Hong Kong. He was made a cardinal in 2006, and has been outspoken on issues regarding human rights, political freedom, and religious liberty, often attracting criticism from the Communist Party of China. He retired on 15 April 2009.
Joseph Zen was born in Shanghai to devoutly Catholic parents, Vincent Zen and Margaret Tseu. He studied in a church school during the Second Sino-Japanese War, but was sent to an abbey after his father suffered a stroke.
Zen fled to Hong Kong from Shanghai to escape Communist rule at the end of the Chinese Civil War. After entering the Salesians at the Hong Kong novitiate, he was ordained to the priesthood on 11 February 1961 by Cardinal Maurilio Fossati. Zen obtained a licentiate in theology (1961) and a doctorate in philosophy (1964) from the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. Since 1973, he has taught in the Holy Spirit Seminary College of Hong Kong – 1976 to 1978 of Macao Salesian School (Instituto Salesiano) （澳門慈幼中學） as principal; In 1978, he became the Provincial Superior of Salesians (which includes mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan), then resigned in 1983. He was a lecturer in the seminaries in China, centres of studies acknowledged by the Communist party, between 1989 and 1996. He was appointed the coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong in 1996 by Pope John Paul II.
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