Mathias Chen Xilu

Mathias Chen Xilu (simplified Chinese: 陈锡禄; traditional Chinese: 陳錫祿; pinyin: Chén Xīlù; 6 February 1928 – 16 January 2008) was a Chinese Roman Catholic bishop of Hengshui, Hebei.

He had been appointed to his post by the Vatican, and had been recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China.

He was ordained a priest in 1955 after which he worked as a doctor in a clinic in Jing county, Hebei province.

Chen fell into a coma due to a brain hemorrhage in 2002 and died on January 16, 2008, of organ failure in Jing county, Hebei.

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