Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan

The Most Reverend Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan
Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna
Bishop Yeh Sheng-nan during the installing of bishop Maroun Lahham in Tunis on 30 October 2005
Diocese	Titular see of Leptis Magna
Appointed	10 November 1998
Orders
Ordination	27 March 1971
Consecration	20 December 1998 by Edward Idris Cassidy
Personal details
Birth name	Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan
Born	26 June 1941 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Counselor of Nunciature

Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan (Chinese: 葉勝男; pinyin: Yè Shèngnán; born 26 June 1941) is a Taiwanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See.^[1][2]

Biography

Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan was born on 26 June 1941, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and was ordained priest on 27 March 1971, for the Diocese of Tainan. He holds a laurea degree in philosophy. In 1972 he was admitted to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to study diplomacy.^[3]

Yeh Sheng-nan entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 8 March 1976, and served in the Pontifical diplomatic missions in Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Algeria, Iraq, Australia, Senegal and Great Britain. He was promoted to the counselor of nunciature on 8 March 1989.

On 10 November 1998 he was elected Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna, and at the same time named Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka.^[4] His episcopal consecation took place on 20 December 1998; Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy was the principal consecrator, with archbishops Stanislaus Lokuang and Carlo Maria Viganò, as principal co-consecrators.

Since 22 April 2004 Yeh Sheng-nan has been Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Tunisia.

References

1. El Papa nombra nuncio de origen chino, Taiwan Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan
2. Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan
3. Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999
4. Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Sri Lanka

External links

• Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan at Catholic Hierarchy