Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei

History
History
Priestly ordination
Date	28 May 1930
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Antonio Riberi
Co-consecrators	James Edward Walsh; Simon Zhu Kaimin
Date	7 October 1949
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope John Paul II
Date	30 June 1979 (in pectore); 28 June 1991 (published)

History
Ordination history of; Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei
Date
History
Priestly ordination
Date	28 May 1930
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Antonio Riberi
Co-consecrators	James Edward Walsh; Simon Zhu Kaimin
Date	7 October 1949
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope John Paul II
Date	30 June 1979 (in pectore); 28 June 1991 (published)

His Eminence

Ignatius Pin-Mei Kung
His Eminence; Ignatius Pin-Mei Kung
Cardinal,; Bishop of Shanghai
	Kung in 1949
Diocese	Shanghai
See	Shanghai
Appointed	15 July 1950
Installed	1950
Term ended	12 March 2000
Successor	Joseph Fan Zhongliang
Other posts	Apostolic Administrator of Soochow (1950–2000); Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Nanking (1950–2000); Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto Vecchio (1991–2000);
Previous post	Bishop of Soochow (1949–1950);
Orders
Ordination	28 May 1930
Consecration	7 October 1949; by Antonio Riberi
Created cardinal	30 June 1979 (in pectore); 28 June 1991 (revealed); by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei; 2 August 1901; Shanghai, Qing China
Died	12 March 2000 (aged 98); Stamford, Connecticut, United States of America
Buried	Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara, California
Nationality	Template:Country data People’s Republic of China

Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (simplified Chinese: 龚品梅; traditional Chinese: 龔品梅; pinyin: Gōng Pǐnméi; Wade–Giles: Kung P'in-mei; 2 August 1901 – 12 March 2000) was a Chinese Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Shanghai from 1950 until his death in 2000. He spent 30 years in prison for defying attempts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to control Catholics in the country through the government-approved Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. At the time of his death in exile in the United States, he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals, to which he was secretly appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1979.