Luo Wenzao
First Chinese bishop · Religious Figures · Lived 1615 to 1691 · aged 76
Luo Wenzao was the first person of Chinese ethnicity to be appointed as a Catholic bishop. After the Qing dynasty proscribed Christianity and banished foreign missionaries in 1665, Luo became the only person in charge of the Catholic missions in China. In 1674, the Holy See first appointed Luo as a bishop.
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Yang Guangxian depicted the crucifixion of Jesus in his articles attacking Christianity in 1664.
François Pallu (1626-1684) recommended Luo to be appointed as a bishop. Pallu wished to consecrate Luo after Luo received his second appointment, but he died on 29 October 1684, two days before Luo's arrival.
Thomas Pereira (1645-1708) was a Portuguese Jesuit at the court of the Kangxi Emperor.![A copy of a mandate published by Charles Maigrot [fr], which forbade missionaries to venerate Confucius or ancestors.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Maigrot%2C_Mandatum.png/500px-Maigrot%2C_Mandatum.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
A copy of a mandate published by Charles Maigrot [fr], which forbade missionaries to venerate Confucius or ancestors.
The main gate of Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, TaiwanAbout this person
He declined it but accepted his second appointment in 1679. Due to opposition from Dominicans, he was consecrated as the apostolic vicar of Nanjing in 1685 and held the position until his death in 1691.
