Peter Ding Lingbin

Peter Ding Lingbin (Chinese: 丁令斌; pinyin: Dīng Lìngbīn; born 20 July 1962) is a Chinese Catholic priest and bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an since November 2016.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ding.

Peter Ding Lingbin
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
Church	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an
Installed	2016
Predecessor	Hermengild Li Yi
Orders
Ordination	1992
Personal details
Born	(1962-07-20) 20 July 1962 (age 62) China
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Changzhi Medical College Central South Theological Seminary
Coat of arms

Biography

Ding was born into a Catholic family, and graduated from Changzhi Medical College in 1982. In 1988 he was admitted to Central South Theological Seminary [zh]. He was ordained a priest in 1992. In the second half of 2013, he was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an by the Holy See, and was promoted to bishop in 2016.^[1]