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College of Cardinals Biographical notes [Updated: 06.05.2006]
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Notice: the biographical notes are only a working instrument for the press, for the exclusive use of accredited journalists.
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| Cardinal Joseph Zen
Ze-kiun, S.D.B., Bishop of Hong Kong (China), was born on 13
January 1932 in Yang King-pang, Shanghai, China. He was ordained a
priest on 11 February 1961 for the Society of Don Bosco, the Salesian
Order.
Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun served as a Salesian Provincial Superior for China for six years, and from 1989-96 he taught philosophy and sacramental theology in various Chinese seminaries. On 13 September 1996 he was appointed Coadjutor of the diocese of Hong Kong, and on 23 September 2002 he was made Bishop of the diocese. He received episcopal ordination on 9 December 1996. During the 11th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, he spoke on "Sensus ecclesiae and religious freedom", addressing the situation of the Church in China and of the signs of hope that the Church, after years of forced separation which had apparently "divided it in two", is a single Church headings towards a "normalization". Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun has publicly stated that his appointment as a member of the College of Cardinals is a sign of the Holy Father’s concern and affection for all of China. Created and proclaimed cardinal by Benedict XVI in the consistory of 24 March 2006, of the Title of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer at Tor Bella Monaca). Member of:
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