Chinese Bishop Wang dies of heart attack at age 83

Published: 2004-08-04

HONG KONG (CNS) -- Chinese Bishop Joseph Wang Dianduo of Heze died of a heart attack July 27 while returning to his diocese from a neighboring city. "Bishop Wang felt unwell while visiting in Jinan and later died on his way back" to his diocese, Father Wei Ligen of the Heze Diocese told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. "The heart attack occurred so suddenly; there was no time for resuscitation in the hospital," he said. Heze and Jinan are in eastern China's Shandong province. Father Wei said Bishop Wang, 83, had been hospitalized frequently over the past 15 years due to heart disease. He said he will always remember the bishop as "an easygoing and virtuous person who lived a very simple life."

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