Peter Shao Zhumin

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]

Peter Shao Zhumin
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia
Church	Cathedral of St Paul in Wenzhou
Province	Zhejiang
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia
Installed	2016
Predecessor	Vincent Zhu Wei-Fang
Orders
Ordination	10 August 1989
Consecration	10 November 2011 by Vincent Zhu Wei-Fang
Personal details
Born	(1963-09-10) 10 September 1963 (age 61) China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Chinese name
Chinese	邵祝敏
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shào Zhùmǐn

In this Chinese name, the family name is Shao.

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]