Francis Wang Xueming

Francis Wang Xueming (simplified Chinese: 王学明; traditional Chinese: 王學明; pinyin: Wang Xueming; October 4, 1910 – February 10, 1997) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan between 1951 and 1997.^[1] He was a member of the 6th and 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Wang was born in the town of Wang'aizhao  [zh], Dalad Banner, on October 4, 1910. He was ordained a priest on July 28, 1935.^[2]

On August 19, 1951, the Holy See appointed him as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan ^[3] to replace Louis Morel, who resigned. He was consecrated on October 7.

Wang was arrested in 1955, charged with ‘contact with foreigners’ and detained for two years; he was arrested again in 1968 and detained for six months, after which he left the church for ten years.^[2] During this time, there was pressure for Wang (and other clergy) to get married, which was against their clerical rules; there is no definite evidence that Wang ever married.^[2] He returned to his work as Archbishop in 1980.^[4] Archbishop Wang went on to join the Chinese Catholic Bishops’ College.^[3]

Wang died on February 10, 1997, aged 86.

• 1910 births
• 1997 deaths
• People from Ordos City
• 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in China
• Members of the 6th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
• Members of the 7th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

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