Vatican City – Today, Thursday 15 October 2026, the Reverend Ignatius Ding Zuyao received episcopal ordination. On 24 August 2026, the Holy Father appointed him bishop of Haimen, Jiangsu Province, China, having approved his candidacy within the framework of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China.
The Reverend Ignazio Ding Zuyao was born in August 1986 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province. Between 2001 and 2004, he studied at the Jiangsu Section of Sheshan Seminary, Shanghai. From 2004 to 2011, he studied philosophy and theology at the Beijing Theological Seminary, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree. On 27 October 2011, he was ordained a priest for the diocese of Haimen. From 2012 to 2013, he served as parish priest of Haimenzhen; from 2013 to 2017, he was parish priest at Linjiang; and from 2017 to 2023, he exercised his pastoral ministry as parish priest at Caojiazhen parish. In February 2023, he was appointed parish priest of Qingnian Donglu parish in Nantong, a post he has held to date.
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