Lin Bingliang (English: James Lin Bing-liang; June 6, 1913 – May 25, 2001; also known as Ye Yinyun; holy name: James the Great) was a Catholic Church priest, a self-selected saint of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association Bishop of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou (1990-2001).
On September 14 of the same year, Lin Bingliang was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong at 28.
In the early 1980s, the Guangzhou Archdiocese resumed operations, and Father Lin Bingliang was appointed the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus chief priest.
[4] On May 6 of the same year, Lin Bingliang was officiated by the illegitimate bishop Joseph Zong Huaide of the Zhoucun Diocese of Shandong Province.
[5] On February 15, 1990, promoted by the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, an organization controlled by the Chinese government and forced by the government, the Archdiocese of Guangzhou elected Lin Bingliang as the bishop of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou without the permission of the Pope.