{"id":68629,"date":"2026-01-05T14:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=68629"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:05:26","slug":"underground-chinese-bishop-who-said-his-life-consists-of-speaking-about-jesus-dies-at-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/underground-chinese-bishop-who-said-his-life-consists-of-speaking-about-jesus-dies-at-90\/","title":{"rendered":"\u66fe\u8a00\u4e00\u751f\u201c\u53ea\u4e3a\u4f20\u8bb2\u8036\u7a23\u201d\u7684\u5730\u4e0b\u6559\u4f1a\u4e3b\u6559\u53bb\u4e16\uff0c\u4eab\u5e7490\u5c81"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>null \/ Credit: esfera\/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 7, 2025 \/ 15:41 pm (CNA). An underground Chinese Catholic bishop from the Diocese of Zhengding has died at 90 years old.&nbsp;Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo, a Catholic bishop in China renowned for his unwavering adherence to the Church despite decades of persecution at the hands of the Chinese government, passed away on Oct. 29.A member of the underground Church, unsanctioned by the Chinese government, Zhiguo was bishop of the Zhengnding Diocese in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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An underground Chinese Catholic bishop from the Diocese of Zhengding has died at 90 years old.&nbsp;Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo, a Catholic bishop in China renowned for his unwavering adherence to the Church despite decades of persecution at the hands of the Chinese government, passed away on Oct. 29.A member of the underground Church, unsanctioned by the Chinese government, Zhiguo was bishop of the Zhengnding Diocese in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":74096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-68629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101498,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/pope-confirms-second-chinese-bishop-in-a-week-under-vatican-beijing-agreement\/","url_meta":{"origin":68629,"position":0},"title":"Pope confirms second Chinese bishop in a week under Vatican-Beijing agreement","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"30 7 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Father Francis Xavier Duan Yongkun was ordained Wednesday as coadjutor bishop of Bameng in China\u2019s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region after being appointed by Pope Leo XIV on June 15 under the provisional agreement between the Holy See and the People\u2019s Republic of China.Duan\u2019s episcopal ordination was the second connected to appointments made public by the Vatican within the space of a week.The pope also appointed Father Joseph Chang Yanfeng as the new bishop of Chifeng, another diocese in Inner Mongolia,\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":96893,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-names-another-chinese-bishop-under-vatican-beijing-agreement\/","url_meta":{"origin":68629,"position":1},"title":"Pope Leo XIV names another Chinese bishop under Vatican-Beijing agreement","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"22 7 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV has appointed another Chinese bishop under the agreement on episcopal appointments reached between the Holy See and authorities in Beijing during the pontificate of Pope Francis.Father Joseph Chang Yanfeng was ordained Wednesday as the new bishop of Chifeng in China\u2019s Inner Mongolia region, the Vatican announced. 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