John Han Dingxiang (Chinese: 韩鼎祥; May 17, 1937 – September 9, 2007) was an underground Roman Catholic bishop of Yongnian, a division of Hebei province, in China.
Han was detained for much of his ministry for his loyalty to the Vatican as opposed to the Chinese government-controlled Roman Catholic Church.
The Chinese government requires that all members of Christian denominations register and worship in state sponsored churches.
[1] Han was reportedly caught leading a religious retreat for Catholic nuns in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei.
[1] The Cardinal Kung Foundation, a Catholic monitoring group based in the United States, urged the Vatican to investigate Han's death.