Philippus Zhao Huaiyi
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Philippus Zhao Huaiyi | |||||||
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| Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua | |||||||
 Philippus Zhao Huaiyi in December 1926. Autochrome by Georges Chevalier. | |||||||
| Native name | 赵怀义 | ||||||
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua | ||||||
| Province | Beijing | ||||||
| Installed | 10 May 1926 | ||||||
| Term ended | 14 October 1927 | ||||||
| Predecessor | New position | ||||||
| Successor | Peter Cheng You-you | ||||||
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| Ordination | by Pope Pius XI | ||||||
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| Born | October 4, 1880 | ||||||
| Died | October 14, 1927 (aged 47) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||
| Motto | Impendam et Superimpender | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 趙懷義 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赵怀义 | ||||||
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Philippus Zhao Huaiyi (Chinese: 赵怀义; 4 October 1880 - 14 October 1927) was a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Beijing, China.
Biography[edit]
Zhao was born Zhao Bingyi (Chinese: 赵秉义) in Beijing, on October 4, 1880. His father died in the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. Zhao was educated at a Catholic church in Beijing. He was ordained a priest on February 27, 1904.[1]
On May 10, 1926, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua by the Pope Pius XI. He became one of six watched Chinese who were ordained by Pope Pius XI later that year. On October 28, 1926, he and five other Chinese priests (Odoric Cheng Hede, Simon Zhu Kaimin, Hu Ruoshan, Melchior Sun Dezhen, and Chen Guodi) were ordained bishops by Pope Pius XI in Rome. Then they had traveled to France, Belgium and other countries.
He died in Beijing, on October 14, 1927.[1]
