Cardinal Zen!
Last week I read in the SCMP online edition the rumors of Bishop Zen being elevated to Cardinal soon. Despite his denials at the time, it appears to be true!
Today's SCMP reports further about it today. Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association Anthony Liu Bainian was quoted as saying, "The church in China needs not only one, but two or three cardinals. It is a good thing. The Catholic Church is universal and the church in China is part of it."
An unnamed Vatican source said that Beijing was not consulted on the elevation, which is not unusual or defiant as Hong Kong remains a special administrative zone. What I didn't know is that Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen is Catholic, which is also noted in the article as he offered congratulations to the Bishop.
Now, how does this part work? I have noticed that when writing about the Bishop and using his full name, it is written Joseph Zen Ze-kiun. His Christian name first, his family name next, and then his Chinese given name. I guess for his Cardinal name, the Cardinal will go between Joseph and Zen?
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In fact, that's the way all Cardinals' names should technically be written. "Cardinal" is not a title in the way that "Reverend" is, although it's becoming more and more common for the media to treat it that way, and most Cardinals go along with it. But technically Cardinal should come between the man's Christian name and his last name -- so Sean Cardinal O'Malley is technically correct instead of Cardinal Sean O'Malley. But more often than not, you'll see it done the latter way in the press and even by some Cardinals themselves. I don't remember why it's ordered that way. I'm sure Wikipedia has something about it, but I don't have time to check right now.