ASIA/TAIWAN - Appointment of Bishop of Tainan

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father Francis has appointed the Reverend Fr. John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M., until now director of the Centre for Franciscan Spirituality in Hsinchu, provincial counsellor and parish priest of Daxi Friary, diocese of Hsinchu, as bishop of the diocese of Tainan, Taiwan.
Msgr. John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M., was born on 23 March 1955 in Madou, diocese of Tainan. After attending the Franciscan minor seminary in the Neihu district, he studied philosophy and theology in Taipei. He entered the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, and was ordained a priest on 29 March 1984 in Tainan.
After ordination, he first served in the Queen of Angels Church parish in Xinying in Tainan (1984-1992) and was provincial of the Chinese province of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao (1992-1998). He was then awarded a master’s degree in spirituality from the Pontifical “Antonianum” University in Rome (1998-2002). He went on to hold the offices of chair of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue and Christian Unity (2002-2012); parish priest of Baihe, Madou, Tainan; director of the Franciscan Hsientsaopo Rottgen House Centre for Franciscan Spirituality; spiritual director of the Biblical Apostolate Association; counsellor general of the Secular Order of Franciscans; vicar general of the diocese of Tainan (2013-2019); and since 2019, director of the Centre of Franciscan Spirituality in Hsinchu, provincial counsellor and parish priest of Daxi Friary, diocese of Hsinchu. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 3/5/2023)

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