Stephen Yang Xiangtai

Stephen Yang Xiangtai (Chinese: 楊祥太; 3 January 1923 – 13 October 2021) was a Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, who served as a Bishop Coadjutor (1996–1999) and a Diocesan Bishop (1999–2016) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daming (Diocese of Handan by the Chinese government).

Bishop Yang was born in village Gaocun, Hunan in a Catholic family on 3 January 1923 (by the lunar calendar on 17 November 1922).

He worked as a parish priest in different locations and in the time of the Cultural Revolution was detained and imprisoned.

Bishop Yang was recognised by the Chinese government but never joined the Catholic Patriotic Association.

[1][2] Bishop Yang died on 13 October 2021 at the age of 98 in a hospital in Handan, Hebei, China.