Chinese Roman Catholic Bishops - Henri Pinault, Han Dingxiang, Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan, Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, James Lin XILI (Paperback)

Chapters: Henri Pinault, Han Dingxiang, Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan, Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, James Lin Xili, Peter Chen Bolu, Chen Xilu, Luo Wenzao, Joseph Meng Ziwen, Zhang Bairen, Leon Yao Liang, Raymond Wang Chong Lin, Matthew Luo Duxi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Henri-Marie-Ernest-Desire Pinault (September 7, 1904 February 24, 1987) was the Roman Catholic bishop of Chengdu from 1949 until 1983, four years before his death. Pinault was born in 1904 into a family of farmers in Tinteniac deanery in Treverien commune, Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. In 1905 the Pinault family settled on a farm in Evran commune in the Cotes du Nord department of Brittany. Pinault had his primary school studies in Evran and his secondary schooling at the Cordeliers in Dinan. The Pinaults were devout Roman Catholics and Henri had an uncle who was a priest in the diocese of St. Brieuc and a cousin who was a priest in the diocese of Rennes. In 1922 Pinault was ordained as a priest and on June 29, 1929 he received his ordination as a Priest of La Societe des Missions Etrangeres. On September 15, 1929 Father Pinault embarked on his mission to Chengdu, China. When he first arrived in China the country was in turmoil. After spending several months in Chengdu, he was sent to Bazhou to undergo language training. Father Pinault took the Chinese name Pengdaochuan. (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Pengdaochuan; Wade-Giles: P'eng-Tao-Ch'uan) The city was captured on February 23, 1933 by forces of the Communist Party of China and clergymen and Christians were forced to flee. Father Pinault found refuge with Benedict monks in Chongqing. In 1934 Father Pinault was appointed Superieur du Probatorium at Hebachang, whe...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=23000823