慈幼會舊生、協進慈幼會士鍾安住獲任命為台灣台北總主教

 

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【慈幼通訊社 2020 05 24 台灣台北訊】 2020523日,台灣的慈幼家庭成員十分雀躍,他們欣聞教宗方濟各在羅馬宣佈,任命現任嘉義教區鍾安住主教,為台北總教區新一任總主教。這彷彿是聖母進教之佑,在她的瞻禮前夕,為他們送上的一份美好的禮物。

現年68歲的鍾總主教,為台灣首間1963年成立的慈幼會學校的首批畢業生之一。六年前,鍾主教在毗鄰台南教區的嘉義教區擔任主教時,成為一名協進慈幼會士。

嘉義教區是當地細小的教區,以農田及壯麗山景聞名台灣。區內教友以農民及山區原住民為主,鍾主教在過去多年,給與他們善牧的照顧。同時,鍾主教為台灣地區主教團福傳委員會青年組負責人,在過去的世界青年節,他組織台灣青年參與工作。

他的牧銘為:「敬主愛人」。現在,尤其為台北慈幼家庭而言,對教宗方濟各賜予他們鍾主教,作為他們的牧者予以感謝,並期待他富有智慧及愛情的牧民工作。感謝天主!歡迎鍾總主教!

 

Don Bosco Past Pupil, Cooperator Salesian, New Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan

 

( ANS TaipeiTaiwan, 24 May 2020 ) – The members of the Salesian Family in Taiwan were overjoyed yesterday, 23 May 2020, to hear the announcement made in Rome that Pope Francis has chosen Chiayi Bishop Thomas Chung An Zu as the new Archbishop of Taipei. It is as if Mary Help of Christians prepared for them this beautiful gift, on the vigil of her feast.

68-year-old Archbishop Chung is one of the first graduates of the first Salesian School in Taiwan, founded in 1963 in Tainan. Six years ago, Bishop Chung became a Cooperator Salesian, as Bishop of the Chiayi diocese, neighboring on the Tainan diocese.

Chiayi diocese is a small diocese in a region that is special in Taiwan for its agricultural fields and beautiful mountains. Bishop Chung in the past years has taken good pastoral care of a Catholic population composed mainly of farming people and mountain aboriginal tribes. At the same time, Bishop Chung was the head of the Youth Section of the Commission for Evangelization of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference of Taiwan. In this capacity, he organized the participation of Taiwan youth in the past World Youth Days.

His episcopal motto is: “Deum et hominem amare”. Now, the Taipei Salesian Family in particular, are grateful to Pope Francis for having given them Bishop Thomas Chung as their pastor and look forward to enjoy his wise and loving pastoral care. Deo gratias and Longlive, Archbishop Chung!