Stephen Yang Xiangtai

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Stephen Yang Xiangtai (Chinese: 楊祥太; 3 January 1923 – 13 October 2021) was a Chinese Roman Catholic prelate. He was Bishop Coadjutor and a Diocesan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daming from 1999 until 2016. Yang was born in village Gaocun, Hunan. He became a priest in 1949.[1][2]

Yang died on 13 October 2021 at the age of 98 in a hospital in Handan, Hebie, China.[2]

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  1. "Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Handan's Bishop Emeritus Yang Xiangtai has died". asianews.it. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.