ASIA/TAIWAN - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Taipei

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Peter Chao Yung-Chi, of the clergy of the diocese of Chiayi, until now episcopal chancellor and parish priest of the Cathedral of Saint John in Chiayi, as auxiliary bishop of Taipei, Taiwan, assigning him the titular see of Rusgunie.
Msgr. Peter Chao Yung-Chi was born on 28 March 1973 in Taichung City, Taiwan. He was awarded a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and in theology at the Saint Robert Bellarmine Faculty and a licentiate in religious studies from the Department of Religious Studies of Fu Jen Catholic University.
He was ordained a priest on 3 February 2001, for the diocese of Chiayi.
He has held the following offices: parish priest of the Cathedral of Saint John, Chiayi (2001-2002), deputy parish priest of Our Lady of Sorrows, Chiayi (2002-2003), vice rector of the regional seminary of Taiwan (2003-2015), parish priest of Immaculate Conception and of Saint Catherine, Dalin (2015-2022), and chaplain of the Anna Nursing Home and the Chung-Jen Junior College of Nursing, Health Science and Management, Chiayi (2016-2022). Since 2016 he has served as chancellor of the diocese of Chiayi and, since 2023, parish priest of the Cathedral of Saint John, Chiayi. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 5/2/2025)

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