Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin (; 23 October 1911 – 10 September 1999) was a Chinese Catholic priest and bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan from 1981 to 1994.

Biography

Zhang was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi, on 23 October 1911. He joined the Order of Friars Minor in 1931. He was ordained a priest in 1937. He graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University.

Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin

During the ten-year Cultural Revolution, Zhang was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.

Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin

In 1981, Zhang was consecrated as bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan by Joseph Zong Huaide, the zhen president of the Catholic Patriotic Association. He retired in 1994.

Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin

Zhang died of an illness on 10 September 1999, at the age of 87.

References

1911 births

1999 deaths

People from Taiyuan

Fu Jen Catholic University alumni

Chinese Roman Catholic bishops

Bishops of the Catholic Patriotic Association

Friars Minor

Franciscan bishops