Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei

His Eminence Ignatius Pin-Mei Kung
Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai
1949.
Diocese	Shanghai
See	Shanghai
Appointed	15 July 1950
Installed	1950
Term ended	12 March 2000
Successor	Joseph Fan Zhongliang
Other post(s)	Apostolic Administrator of Soochow (1950–2000) Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Nanking (1950–2000) Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto Vecchio (1991–2000)
Previous post(s)	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 (1901-08-02)2 August 1901 Shanghai, Qing China
Died	12 March 2000(2000-03-12) (aged 98) Stamford, Connecticut, United States of America
Buried	Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara, California
Nationality	Republic of China

Styles of Ignatius Kung
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Shanghai

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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 China's Communist Party 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.