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James Su Zhi-min
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James Su Zhi-min is a Chinese Catholic prelate who has served as de jure Bishop of Baoding since 1995.[1] He was forcibly disappeared in 1997.
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Biography
James was born on 10 July 1932.[1] He was ordained a priest on 12 April 1981.[1]
James was selected as Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding in 1988. He was selected as Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding and consecrated as bishop on 2 May 1993 by Bishop Peter Liu Guandong. On 21 December 1995, he was appointed Bishop of Baoding.[1] He was a member of the underground Chinese Catholic community, which rejects the government's Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.
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Arrest and disappearance
Following an illicit pilgrimage, Su was imprisoned by the Chinese government in 1997,[2] and his location had remained unknown until November 15, 2003, when he was seen in a Baoding hospital. He has since disappeared from public view once more.[3]
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