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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Dominic Tang Yee-ming

SJ
Archbishop of Canton
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ProvinceCanton
SeeCanton
PredecessorAntoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet
Previous posts
  • Apostolic Administrator of Canton (1950–1981)
  • Titular Bishop of Elatea (1950–1981)
Orders
Ordination31 May 1941
Consecration13 February 1951
by Gustave-Joseph Deswazières
Personal details
Born(1908-05-13)13 May 1908
British Hong Kong
Died27 June 1995(1995-06-27) (aged 87)
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
BuriedSanta Clara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara, California, United States
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
MottoUt omnes unum sint
(English: That they all may be one)
Coat of armsDominic Tang Yee-ming's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Dominic Tang
History
Priestly ordination
Date31 May 1941
PlaceShanghai, Republic of China
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byGustave-Joseph Deswazières (Pakhoi)
Date13 February 1951
PlaceCanton, China
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Dominic Tang as principal consecrator
Andrew Tsien Chih-ch'un11 April 1992
Source(s):[1][2]
Styles of
Dominic Tang Yee-ming
Reference styleHis Excellency
The Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Dominic Tang Yee-ming SJ (simplified Chinese: 邓以明; traditional Chinese: 鄧以明; pinyin: Dèng Yǐmíng; Jyutping: dang6 ji5 ming4; May 13, 1908 – June 27, 1995) was a Chinese Jesuit priest. Appointed Bishop in 1951 and later archbishop of Canton, he spent twenty-two years in jail for his loyalty to the Catholic Church and died in exile in the United States.

Jesuit and Bishop

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Tang was born in 1908[3]: 85  in Hong Kong and decided to enter the Jesuit novitiate in Spain in August 1930. Back in China, he studied Catholicism in Shanghai. Tang was ordained a priest in 1941.[3]: 85  After his ordination he worked as a parish priest, principal of a primary school and did social welfare work in the Ecclesiastical Province of Guangzhou.[4] Pope Pius XII appointed him on 1 October 1950 as Apostolic Administrator of Canton (Guangzhou), and on 13 February 1951 he was ordained titular bishop of Elateia by Bishop Gustave Deswaziere, who said of him: "By accepting the appointment from the Holy See in these difficult times, the new bishop was showing absolute obedience and a spirit of sacrifice."[4]

Imprisonment

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Tang was arrested in 1958.[3]: 85  The People's Republic of China charged him as "the most faithful running-dog of the reactionary Vatican". He remained in jail for 22 years in Laogai prison because he refused to sever contact with the Pope, as the government ordered him to.

In 1987, he released his book How Inscrutable His Ways! In it he summarized his attitudes while incarcerated for 22 years:

  • "In prison, I always asked God to grant me the grace to progress in virtue., e.g. humility and obedience....I obeyed only the regulations which did not conflict with the principles of my faith. I want to be gentle and kind to others, without resisting ill-treatment from others; when controlled and walked on, I did not complain. There are many opportunities for practicing virtue in prison."
  • "When I was a seminarian, I learned to do God's will. God's will required me to practice virtue in prison. This was God's love for me."[5]

His sudden release (on June 2, 1980)[6] was due to a developing cancer, he then was given permission to leave the People's Republic of China for a cancer operation in Hong Kong.[4][7]

Later years

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In 1980, the Guangzhou Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association affirmed Tang's status as bishop.[3]: 85 

Later in 1980, Tang met with Agostino Casaroli in Hong Kong, as part of an effort by the Holy See and the People's Republic of China to improve relations.[3]: 84–85  At the time, both the Vatican and the China viewed Tang favorably.[3]: 85 

In May 1981, at the age of 73, he was appointed Archbishop of Canton (Guangzhou).[3]: 85  The Chinese government contended that his appointment as Archbishop went against the principles of the patriotic church's independence.[3]: 85  On 22 June 1981, China's Religious Affairs Bureau removed him from his position as an authorized bishop.[3]: 85 

Tang was not permitted to return to China.[3]: 85  After spending several years in Hong Kong, he went to the United States.[3]: 85  He died in Stamford, Connecticut at the age of 87 and was buried at Mission Santa Clara de Asís in Santa Clara, California.[3]: 85 

References

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  1. ^ "Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming)". Kansas City: Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (June 29, 1995). "Dominic Tang Yiming, 87, Dies; Archbishop in Exile From China". The New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Mariani, Paul Philip (2025). China's Church Divided: Bishop Louis Jin and the Post-Mao Catholic Revival. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-29765-4.
  4. ^ a b c Kung Foundation website
  5. ^ Dominic Tang Yee-ming, How Inscrutable His Ways!
  6. ^ "China releases RC bishop after 22 years in prison", Calgary (AB) Herald, June 12, 1980, p. 4
  7. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica

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