Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei


Ignatius Pin-Mei Kung

Cardinal,
Bishop of Shanghai
1949.
DioceseShanghai
SeeShanghai
Appointed15 July 1950
Installed1950
Term ended12 March 2000
SuccessorJoseph Fan Zhongliang
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination28 May 1930
Consecration7 October 1949
by Antonio Riberi
Created cardinal30 June 1979 (in pectore)
28 June 1991 (revealed)
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei

(1901-08-02)2 August 1901
Died12 March 2000(2000-03-12) (aged 98)
Stamford, Connecticut, United States of America
BuriedSanta Clara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara, California
NationalityStateless
Ordination history of
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei
History
Priestly ordination
Date28 May 1930
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorAntonio Riberi
Co-consecratorsJames Edward Walsh
Simon Zhu Kaimin
Date7 October 1949
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope John Paul II
Date28 June 1991
Styles of
Ignatius Kung
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeShanghai

Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (simplified Chinese: 龚品梅; traditional Chinese: 龔品梅; pinyin: Gōng Pǐnméi; Wade–Giles: Kung P'in-mei; 2 August 1901 – 12 March 2000) 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 government-approved Catholic Patriotic Association. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.