The Hong Kong Catholic Social Communication Department stated that the Pope Fang Ji announced that it was promoted to the Catholic Hong Kong Diocese of the Diocese of Hong Kong as a cardinal and became the fourth cardigal of the Hong Kong Diocese.
According to the report of Radio Hong Kong Sunday (July 9), the Pope Fang Ji announced that Zhou Shouren and the other 20 bishops and the Chief Division were a cardinal. The promotion ceremony will be held on the Vatican on September 30.
Zhou Shouren was born in Hong Kong in 1959. At the age of 64, he was appointed as the ninth bishop of the Hong Kong Diocese in May 2021. In December of the same year, Jin Mu was served as Hong Kong Bishop.
Zhou Shouren visited Beijing in April this year. He was the first bishop in the Hong Kong Diocese since the return of Hong Kong to Beijing.
When he met in Beijing at the time, he said that patriotism was "divided" (Cantonese, which means).He said, "Everyone has to learn how to go to patriotism, and at the same time love to teach. Everyone wants to be good in their country. No one wants their country to decline. I think it is a division. If citizens living in Hong Kong and China,Love your own country should be. "
