Career
He was also known as Gregory Lopez (Spanish: Gregorio Lopez) in the Philippines. Luo Wenzao was born in Fu"an, in the province of Fujian. After studying theology in Manila, he returned to Xiamen.
He was ordained to the priesthood in 1654 and thereafter baptized over two thousand converts.
In 1673, Pope Clement X made him Bishop but he refused. Then in 1679 Pope Innocent XI appointed him a second time and he was forced to accept.
After his consecration in 1685, the provinces Jiangsu, Anhui, Shangdong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan were under him. He is the namesake of Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Taiwan.
