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Peter Shao Zhumin

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Peter Shao Zhumin (Chinese: 邵祝敏; born 10 September 1963[1]) is a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia since 2016.[2]

ChurchCathedral of St Paul in Wenzhou
ProvinceZhejiang
Installed2016
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Peter Shao Zhumin
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia
ChurchCathedral of St Paul in Wenzhou
ProvinceZhejiang
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia
Installed2016
PredecessorVincent Zhu Wei-Fang
Orders
Ordination10 August 1989
Consecration10 November 2011
by Vincent Zhu Wei-Fang
Personal details
Born (1963-09-10) 10 September 1963 (age 62)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Chinese name
Chinese邵祝敏
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShào Zhùmǐn
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Biography

He was ordained a priest on 10 August 1989.[1] He received the episcopacy with a papal mandate in December 2007 and was consecrated on 10 November 2011.[1][3] On 7 September 2016, after the death of his predecessor Vincent Zhu Wei-Fang, he became Bishop of Yongji.[4]

In June 2017 he was arrested by the local government.[5]

In January 2024 he was reported arrested again after protesting changes in his diocese made by a replacement appointed by the Chinese government. [6]

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