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John Baptist Wu was a Chinese Catholic priest and bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou. He was born to a Catholic family and was ordained a priest in 1951. He was appointed Bishop of Shantou in 1982 and served until his death in 2002. John Baptist Wu was known for his commitment to the Catholic faith and his dedication to the people of Shantou. He was a strong advocate for the rights of the poor and marginalized, and was a vocal critic of the Chinese government's policies towards religion. He was also a strong supporter of the Catholic Church's social justice teachings. John Baptist Wu was 77 years old when he passed away in 2002. He had an estimated net worth of $1 million at the time of his death.

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Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 26 May 1925
Birthday 26 May
Birthplace Wuhua, Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Date of death (2002-09-23)
Died Place Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Nationality China

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2002

He died of cancer and diabetes on 23 September 2002 at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong, aged 77.

1991

On 1 September 1991, Wu issued a pastoral letter that exhorting the faithful to give full support to the direct elections to the Legislative Council – the first time in the history of Hong Kong – on 15 September. In 1999, he convoked the "Diocesan Synod" to meet the pastoral needs of the Third Millennium.

1989

After the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, on 11 July 1989, he wrote a letter to all the bishops in the world, requesting them to appeal for justice, order and democracy in China.

1988

He was named a member of the Sacred College of Cardinals by Pope John Paul II on 29 May 1988.

1985

After due preparation, he initiated a Diocesan Renewal Movement for priests, laity and religious. On 25 March 1985, he led a five-member delegation on a seven-day visit to Beijing and Shanghai, at the invitation of the National Bureau of Religious Affairs under the State Council of China. He was the first bishop of Hong Kong to visit the mainland China. Later on 21 January 1986, he led a seven-member delegation on a ten-day visit to Guangzhou and the eastern part of his home Province, Guangdong, at the invitation of the Bureau of Religious Affairs of that Province. This visit marked the first reunion with his 85-year-old mother, after a separation of 40 years.

1974

He was appointed the fifth Bishop of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese by Pope Paul VI as successor to Bishop Peter Lei Wang-kei who had died on 23 July 1974. He arrived in Hong Kong and on 25 July was consecrated and installed as Bishop of the Hong Kong in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in 1975.

1940

A Hakka, Wu was born in the village of Ho Hau, Wu-hua (Province of Guangdong, Diocese of Kai-ying). Baptized in the village's parish church, he received his primary education there. He joined the diocesan minor seminary of Ka-ying for his secondary education in 1940 and was ordained in 1952.

1925

John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung (Chinese: 胡振中; Cantonese Yale: Wu Cheng-chung; 26 March 1925 – 23 September 2002) was the fifth Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong and the first cardinal from that diocese. He was a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.