Paul Shan Kuo-hsi

Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. (Chinese language: 單國璽; pinyin: Shàn Guóxǐ) (born December 3, 1923) is a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church and was the Bishop of Hualien and Kaohsiung.

Born in Puyang, Henan province of China, Cardinal Shan was ordained on March 18, 1955 in Baguio, Philippines. He was elected Bishop of Hualien on November 15, 1979 and installed on February 14, 1980. He was appointed Bishop of Kaohsiung on March 4, 1991 and installed on June 17, 1991.infobox cardinalstyles
cardinal name=Paul Shan Kuo-hsi
dipstyle=His Eminence
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See=Kaohsiung (emeritus)|He was appointed Cardinal Priest of the "Titulus S. Chrysogoni" by Pope John Paul II on February 21, 1998 and is, following the death of Ignatius Kung in 2000 and John Wu in 2002, and before the elevation of Joseph Zen, the only known living Chinese cardinal (a cardinal appointed "in pectore" by John Paul II in 2003 is rumored to reside in mainland China). He retired in January 2006.

External links

* [http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_shan-kuo-hsi_p_en.html Vatican biography]