Philippus Zhao Huaiyi

Philippus Zhao Huaiyi (Chinese: 赵怀义; 4 October 1880 - 14 October 1927) was a Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Beijing, China.

Philippus Zhao Huaiyi
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua
Philippus Zhao Huaiyi in December 1926. Autochrome by Georges Chevalier.
Native name	赵怀义
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua
Province	Beijing
Installed	10 May 1926
Term ended	14 October 1927
Predecessor	New position
Successor	Peter Cheng You-you
Orders
Ordination	by Pope Pius XI
Personal details
Born	(1880-10-04)October 4, 1880 Beijing, Qing dynasty
Died	October 14, 1927(1927-10-14) (aged 47) Beijing, China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	Impendam et Superimpender
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	趙懷義
Simplified Chinese	赵怀义
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhào Huáiyì

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhao.

Biography

Zhao was born Zhao Bingyi (Chinese: 赵秉义) in Beijing, on October 4, 1880. His father died in the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. Zhao was educated at a Catholic church in Beijing. He was ordained a priest on February 27, 1904.^[1]

On May 10, 1926, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua by the Pope Pius XI. He became one of six watched Chinese who were ordained by Pope Pius XI later that year. On October 28, 1926, he and five other Chinese priests (Odoric Cheng Hede, Simon Zhu Kaimin, Hu Ruoshan, Melchior Sun Dezhen, and Chen Guodi) were ordained bishops by Pope Pius XI in Rome. Then they had traveled to France, Belgium and other countries.

He died in Beijing, on October 14, 1927.^[1]