Philippus Zhao Huaiyi
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Philippus Zhao Huaiyi was one of the first six Chinese Catholic bishops of modern times.
Philippus Zhao Huaiyi in December 1926. Autochrome by Georges Chevalier.
Odoric Cheng Hede
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Cheng Hede was a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Hubei, China.
Philippus Zhao Huaiyi
…October 4, 1880. Zhao was from a Catholic family. He was ordained a priest on February 27, 1904. On October 28, 1926, he and five other Chinese priests (Odoric Cheng Hede, Simon Zhu Kaimin, Joseph Hu Ruoshan, Melchior Sun Dezhen, and Aloysius Chen Guodi) were ordained bishops by Pope Pius XI in Rome. They were the first…
Cheng in 1927