Peter Luo Xuegang

Peter Luo Xuegang is a Sichuanese Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of the Diocese of Suifu since 2012. He is a member of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

Biography

Luo was born in Renshou County, Sichuan, on February 20, 1964, to a Catholic family. In April 1984 he entered the Sichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College, where he graduated in December 1988. Then he was accepted to the Shanghai Sheshan Monastery. From March to December 2004 he studied at the National Seminary of Catholic Church in China.
He was ordained a priest on November 30, 1991. Then he was assigned to the Diocese of Leshan.
He accepted the episcopacy with the papal mandate on November 30, 2011. On December 16, 2012, after the death of his predecessor John Chen Shi-zhong, he became bishop of Suifu.