Together with 20 priests, some elderly, and 25 young nuns of the Congregation of the Immaculate, Bishop Bingliang served the local Catholic community of 150,000 faithful.
Bishop Bingliang had been suffering from a respiratory ailment that impeded his celebrating Mass. He was only able to celebrate on solemn occasions. He never missed Mass, however, and listened in from the sacristy.
Named a bishop in 1990, he fostered collaboration with the dioceses of Hong Kong and Macao, the international agency Fides reported.
