Thomas Niu Huiqing

Thomas Niu Huiqing (simplified Chinese: 牛会卿; traditional Chinese: 牛會卿; pinyin: Niú Huìqīng; 18 September 1895 - 28 February 1973) was a Chinese Catholic priest and bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Funing and Yanggu.

Thomas Niu Huiqing
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Funing
Church	St Dominic's Cathedral
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Funing
Installed	1948
Term ended	1973
Orders
Ordination	1923
Personal details
Born	(1895-09-18)September 18, 1895 Xinhe County, Hebei, Qing Empire
Died	February 28, 1973(1973-02-28) (aged 77) Chiayi, Taiwan, Republic of China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Coat of arms

In this Chinese name, the family name is Niu.

Biography

Niu was born in Xinhe County, Hebei, on September 18, 1895, during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911). He was ordained a priest on September 30, 1923. On January 12, 1943, he was appointed Apostolic vicariate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yanggu in Shandong, and ordained titular bishop on April 4 of that year. When Yanggu became diocese in 1946, he became its first ordained bishop. He left Yanggu during the Chinese Civil War and went to Funing in Fujian in 1948.^[1] Later he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiayi in Taiwan in 1958. He died on February 28, 1973.^[2]