The five previous Chinese cardinals in the Church's history, in
order of their installation as cardinals, are: Thomas Tien
Keng-hsin of Peking (1890-1967), Paul Yu Pin of Nanking
(1901-197
, John
Baptist Wu Cheng-chung of Hong Kong (1925-2002), Ignatius Kung
Pin-mei of Shanghai (1901-2000) and Paul Shan Kuo-hsi. Cardinal
Shan retired as bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in January 2006, and
at 82 is past the cutoff age of 80 for voting in a conclave to
elect a new pope. Cardinal-elect Zen would thus be the sole
"working" Chinese cardinal worldwide and the only Chinese
cardinal-elector.
