Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei
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Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei was the Catholic Bishop of Shanghai, China, from 1950 until his death in 2000. He spent 30 years in Chinese prisons for defying attempts by China's Communist government to control Catholics in the country through the... Wikipedia
Born: August 2, 1901, Shanghai, China
Died: March 12, 2000 (age 98 years), Stamford, CT
Created cardinal: 30 June 1979 (in pectore); 28 June 1991 (revealed); by Pope John Paul II
Diocese: Shanghai
Previous post(s): Bishop of Soochow (1949–1950)