Former Bishop of the Diocese of Hwalien, Taiwan, Msgr. Andrew Tsien Chih-ch'un, was born on April 9, 1926, in the town of Yu Huan, Province of Zhejiang and was baptized along with his entire family as a child.
He entered the Minor Seminary at Ning Bo at 13 years of age and then passed to the Regional Seminary of Zhe Gan, in the City of Jia Zing in 1947, to study philosophy and theology. When Mao Zedong and his Regime came to power, he was then sent to Genoa, Italy, in 1949, to pursue further studies, earning a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University Sacro Cuore of Milan.
Ordained to the priesthood in Genoa on June 29, 1953, he successively served as pastor of the Chinese community living in Milan and knew Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, then Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Milan and future Pope Paul VI.
Arriving in Taiwan in 1960, he served as pastor of various parishes in Hsinchu, Keelung, Taipei and Hsinchuang, until becoming dean of the Philosophy Department at the Fu Ren Catholic University in 1966. He was furthermore assigned as director of the Institute for Philosophical Research in 1970, and as the first director of the University's Art Institute in 1984.
Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Third Bishop of the Diocese of Hwalien, succeeding future Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi SJ., receiving his episcopal consecration on April 11, 1992, at 66 years of age from Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming SJ., assisted by Archbishop Joseph Ti-kang and the named Msgr. Shan Kuo-his.
Known as staunch supporter of China's Underground Church, for years he worked for the reconciliation of the official and underground churches. Retiring from Office on November 19, 2001, in conformity with the canon law, the Bishop died of a cardiac arrest on the evening of Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in the Hwalien Hospital, aged 82.
A Requiem Mass for the Bishop was celebrated on Saturday, February 28, in the Hwalien Cathedral. Following cremation, his ashes were deposited in the same temple.
He entered the Minor Seminary at Ning Bo at 13 years of age and then passed to the Regional Seminary of Zhe Gan, in the City of Jia Zing in 1947, to study philosophy and theology. When Mao Zedong and his Regime came to power, he was then sent to Genoa, Italy, in 1949, to pursue further studies, earning a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University Sacro Cuore of Milan.
Ordained to the priesthood in Genoa on June 29, 1953, he successively served as pastor of the Chinese community living in Milan and knew Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, then Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Milan and future Pope Paul VI.
Arriving in Taiwan in 1960, he served as pastor of various parishes in Hsinchu, Keelung, Taipei and Hsinchuang, until becoming dean of the Philosophy Department at the Fu Ren Catholic University in 1966. He was furthermore assigned as director of the Institute for Philosophical Research in 1970, and as the first director of the University's Art Institute in 1984.
Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Third Bishop of the Diocese of Hwalien, succeeding future Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi SJ., receiving his episcopal consecration on April 11, 1992, at 66 years of age from Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming SJ., assisted by Archbishop Joseph Ti-kang and the named Msgr. Shan Kuo-his.
Known as staunch supporter of China's Underground Church, for years he worked for the reconciliation of the official and underground churches. Retiring from Office on November 19, 2001, in conformity with the canon law, the Bishop died of a cardiac arrest on the evening of Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in the Hwalien Hospital, aged 82.
A Requiem Mass for the Bishop was celebrated on Saturday, February 28, in the Hwalien Cathedral. Following cremation, his ashes were deposited in the same temple.
Former Bishop of the Diocese of Hwalien, Taiwan, Msgr. Andrew Tsien Chih-ch'un, was born on April 9, 1926, in the town of Yu Huan, Province of Zhejiang and was baptized along with his entire family as a child.
He entered the Minor Seminary at Ning Bo at 13 years of age and then passed to the Regional Seminary of Zhe Gan, in the City of Jia Zing in 1947, to study philosophy and theology. When Mao Zedong and his Regime came to power, he was then sent to Genoa, Italy, in 1949, to pursue further studies, earning a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University Sacro Cuore of Milan.
Ordained to the priesthood in Genoa on June 29, 1953, he successively served as pastor of the Chinese community living in Milan and knew Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, then Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Milan and future Pope Paul VI.
Arriving in Taiwan in 1960, he served as pastor of various parishes in Hsinchu, Keelung, Taipei and Hsinchuang, until becoming dean of the Philosophy Department at the Fu Ren Catholic University in 1966. He was furthermore assigned as director of the Institute for Philosophical Research in 1970, and as the first director of the University's Art Institute in 1984.
Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Third Bishop of the Diocese of Hwalien, succeeding future Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi SJ., receiving his episcopal consecration on April 11, 1992, at 66 years of age from Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming SJ., assisted by Archbishop Joseph Ti-kang and the named Msgr. Shan Kuo-his.
Known as staunch supporter of China's Underground Church, for years he worked for the reconciliation of the official and underground churches. Retiring from Office on November 19, 2001, in conformity with the canon law, the Bishop died of a cardiac arrest on the evening of Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in the Hwalien Hospital, aged 82.
A Requiem Mass for the Bishop was celebrated on Saturday, February 28, in the Hwalien Cathedral. Following cremation, his ashes were deposited in the same temple.
He entered the Minor Seminary at Ning Bo at 13 years of age and then passed to the Regional Seminary of Zhe Gan, in the City of Jia Zing in 1947, to study philosophy and theology. When Mao Zedong and his Regime came to power, he was then sent to Genoa, Italy, in 1949, to pursue further studies, earning a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University Sacro Cuore of Milan.
Ordained to the priesthood in Genoa on June 29, 1953, he successively served as pastor of the Chinese community living in Milan and knew Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, then Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Milan and future Pope Paul VI.
Arriving in Taiwan in 1960, he served as pastor of various parishes in Hsinchu, Keelung, Taipei and Hsinchuang, until becoming dean of the Philosophy Department at the Fu Ren Catholic University in 1966. He was furthermore assigned as director of the Institute for Philosophical Research in 1970, and as the first director of the University's Art Institute in 1984.
Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Third Bishop of the Diocese of Hwalien, succeeding future Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi SJ., receiving his episcopal consecration on April 11, 1992, at 66 years of age from Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming SJ., assisted by Archbishop Joseph Ti-kang and the named Msgr. Shan Kuo-his.
Known as staunch supporter of China's Underground Church, for years he worked for the reconciliation of the official and underground churches. Retiring from Office on November 19, 2001, in conformity with the canon law, the Bishop died of a cardiac arrest on the evening of Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in the Hwalien Hospital, aged 82.
A Requiem Mass for the Bishop was celebrated on Saturday, February 28, in the Hwalien Cathedral. Following cremation, his ashes were deposited in the same temple.
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