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John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung | |
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| Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong | |
| Diocese | Hong Kong |
| Appointed | 5 April 1975 |
| Installed | 25 July 1975 |
| Term ended | 23 September 2002 |
| Predecessor | Peter Lei |
| Successor | Joseph Zen |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano (1988–2002) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 6 July 1952 |
| Consecration | 25 July 1975 by Agnelo Rossi |
| Created cardinal | 29 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1925 |
| Died | 23 September 2002 (aged 77) Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong |
| Buried | St. Michael's Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong (until 2022)[1] Chapel of St. Anthony, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong (from 2022) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Hong Kong |
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| Traditional Chinese | 胡振中 | ||||||||||||||
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John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung (Chinese: 胡振中; Cantonese Yale: Wu Cheng-chung; 26 March 1925 – 23 September 2002) was the fifth Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong and the first cardinal from that diocese. He was a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
- ^ Su, Xinqi (11 January 2019). "Top officials join Hong Kong Catholics in packed cathedral for Bishop Michael Yeung's funeral mass". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 16 January 2019.