Paul Shan Kuo-hsi
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His Eminence Paul Shan Kuo-hsi |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Kaosiung | |
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Cardinal Shan
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| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaohsiung |
| Installed | June 17, 1991 |
| Term ended | January 5, 2006 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Cheng |
| Successor | Peter Liu |
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| Ordination | 1955 |
| Consecration | 1980 |
| Created Cardinal | February 21, 1998 |
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December 3, 1924 Puyang, Zhili, China |
| Died | August 22, 2012 (aged 87) New Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Styles of Paul Shan Kuo-hsi |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Kaohsiung (emeritus) |
Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. (Chinese: 單國璽; pinyin: Shàn Guóxǐ; December 3, 1924 – August 22, 2012) was a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He was at times the bishop of Hualien and Kaohsiung and the chairman of Fu Jen Catholic University.
Born in Puyang, Zhili province (now Puyang, Henan province) of China. He joined Society of Jesus on September 11, 1946; took religious vows, September 12, 1948 and final vows on February 2, 1963. He was ordained on March 18, 1955 in Baguio, Philippines.
He attended the St. Joseph Regional Seminary, Chiughsien; Berchmans College, Manila, where he earned a licentiate in philosophy. He went on to attend Bellarmine College, Baguio, Philippines being awarded a licentiate in theology. He also attended the Xavier University earning a diploma in education science and finally the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he was awarded a doctorate in theology. Besides Mandarin, his first language, he also spoke Latin, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
After his ordination to the priesthood in 1955, he did further studies in Novaliches from 1955–1957. He then served as director of the Chinese section of Sacred Heart School, Cebu from 1957–1959, after which he took time to pursue doctoral studies in Rome. He served as assistant of master of novices, Thuduc, Vietnam from 1959–1963, then Master of novices and rector of Manresa House, Changhua, Taiwan from 1963–1970. He went on to serve as rector of St. Ignatius Institute in Taipei from 1970–1976 and president of the Catholic Schools Association, Taiwan from 1972–1976. He was appointed episcopal vicar of Taipei in 1976 holding the post until 1979.
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