Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang (1920 – February 5, 2012) was a Chinese Roman Catholic Apostolic Administrator and priest.
The Vatican appointed Zhang Wen-Chang as Apostolic Administrator of three dioceses or ecclesiastical territories in the Chinese province of Yunnan in 2000 – the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kunming, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dali, and the Apostolic Prefecture of Zhaotong.
[1] The underground Catholic Church has approximately 60,000 members in Yunnan, mostly composed of ethnic minorities.
[1] In 1958, Father Zhang Wen-Chang was arrested, charged with "counter revolutionary crimes", and imprisoned.
[1] As a leader within the underground Chinese Catholic Church, Zhang Wen-Chang was affiliated and officially recognized by the Holy See.