Anthony Tu Shihua

Anthony Tu Shihua

Bishop of Puqi (Puchi)
Native name
塗世華
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Puqi (Puchi)
Elected22 September 2018 Posthumously
In office2001 – 4 January 2017
PredecessorJoseph Li Taonan
Previous postBishop of Hanyang (1959-2001)
Orders
OrdinationApril 1944
Consecration26 July 1959
by Joseph Li Taonan[1]
Personal details
Born(1919-11-22)22 November 1919
Died4 January 2017(2017-01-04) (aged 97)

Anthony Tu Shihua (Chinese: 塗世華; 22 November 1919 – 4 January 2017) was a bishop of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.

Biography

Ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1944, Tu Shihua was ordained a Roman Catholic bishop without papal mandate in 1959 for the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and served as the illegitimate bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hanyang.[2]

A few months before his death, Bishop Shihua asked to be readmitted into full communion with the Pope, who welcomed him with the title of Bishop Emeritus of Puli. [3]

Shihua died in Beijing, China on 4 January 2017, aged 98.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Bishop Anthony Tu Shi-hua, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
  2. ↑ Bishop Anthony Tu Shihua-obituary
  3. ↑ "Pastoral duties of the Chinese bishops received in communion by the Pope - Vatican News". 2 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Li, Elizabeth (January 5, 2017). "CHINA Illegitimate Bishop Tu Shihua, ordained in 1959, has died aged 98". AsiaNews.it. Retrieved 2017-01-07.