Peter Luo Xuegang

Most Reverend Peter Luo Xuegang
Bishop of Saifu
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Chongqing
Diocese	Suifu
Installed	16 December 2012
Predecessor	John Chen Shi-zhong
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	30 November 1991
Consecration	30 November 2012 by John Chen Shi-zhong
Personal details
Born	罗学刚 (1964-02-20) February 20, 1964 Renshou County, Sichuan, China
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Sichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College National Seminary of Catholic Church in China
Motto	耶穌是善牧
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	羅雪剛
Simplified Chinese	罗雪刚
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luó Xuégāng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Luo.

Peter Luo Xuegang (simplified Chinese: 罗雪刚; traditional Chinese: 羅雪剛; born 20 February 1964) is a Sichuanese Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of the Diocese of Suifu since 2012. He is a member of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

Biography

Luo was born in Renshou County, Sichuan, on February 20, 1964, to a Catholic family. In April 1984 he entered the Sichuan Catholic Theological and Philosophical College, where he graduated in December 1988. Then he was accepted to the Shanghai Sheshan Monastery. From March to December 2004 he studied at the National Seminary of Catholic Church in China.

He was ordained a priest on November 30, 1991. Then he was assigned to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leshan.

He accepted the episcopacy with the papal mandate on November 30, 2011. On December 16, 2012, after the death of his predecessor John Chen Shi-zhong, he became bishop of Suifu.