Joseph Liu Yuanren

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Liu Yuanren
Vice-President of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Native name	刘元仁
Archdiocese	Nanjing
Installed	1998
Term ended	2005
Orders
Ordination	1953
Personal details
Born	(1923-03-16)March 16, 1923 Qidong, Jiangsu, China
Died	April 20, 2005(2005-04-20) (aged 82) Beijing, China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Haimen Catholic College of Literature
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	劉元仁
Simplified Chinese	刘元仁
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Yuánrén

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Joseph Liu Yuanren (Chinese: 刘元仁; 16 March 1923 – 20 April 2005) was a Chinese Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Nanking from 1998 to 2005 . He also served as vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association from 1998 until his death in 2005.

He was a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Liu was born in Qidong, Jiangsu, on March 16, 1923, to a Catholic family. His six generations of ancestors were Catholics. After graduating from the Xilei Middle School, he was accepted to the Haimen Catholic College of Literature. He became a priest on June 3, 1953 in Xuhui District of Shanghai.

Liu taught at his alma mater between 1953 and 1958. In 1982 he was a pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Nanjing, Jiangsu. In May 1992 he was appointed as vice-president of the National Seminary of the Chinese Catholic Church.

In December 1993, Lui was named Archbishop of Nanjing without consent of the pope and was excommunicated latae sententiae. In 1998 he was elected president of the Bishops Conference of the Catholic Church in China, president of the National Seminary of the Chinese Catholic Church and vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. In 2004 he was elected vice-president of the China Religious Peace Commission.

He died on April 20, 2005.

See also

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanking