consecrated_by previous_post predecessor successor death_date consecration birth_place title article_title type term birth_date archdiocese ordination diocese name church
bishop bernardino della chiesa , o.f.m. titular bishop of basilinopolis most rev. ignace cotolendi most rev. alessandro ciceri 1691-02-27 1685 fu'an , fujian province , china bishop of nanjing luo wenzao
 bishop 1685 & mdash ; 1691 -lrb- as bishop -rrb- 1616 nanking 1654 nanking luō wénzǎo catholic church
luo wenzao

luo wenzao -lrb- alternately : lou wenzao , lo wen-tsao , lo wenzao , -rrb- -lrb- 1616 -- 1691 -rrb- became the first chinese priest in 1656 and the first chinese bishop in 1685 .
he was also known as gregory lopez -lrb- -rrb- in the philippines .
