Background
Kuo-hsi, Paul Cardinal Shan was born on December 3, 1923 in Puyang, China.
Kuo-hsi, Paul Cardinal Shan was born on December 3, 1923 in Puyang, China.
Degree, St. Joseph Regional Seminary, Chiughsien, China. Degree, Berchmans College, Manila, Philippines. Degree, Bellarmine College, Baguio, Philippines.
Doctor of Philosophy in Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
Professed Society Jesus, 1946, ordained priest, 1955. Assistant master of novices Jesuit Noviaiate, Thuduc, Vietnam, 1961—1963. Master of novices, rector Manresa House, Changhua, Taiwan, 1963—1970.
Rector St. Ignatius Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, 1970—1976. President Kuangchi Programe Service, 1976—1979. Episcopal vicar Archdiocese of Taipei, 1976—1979.
Ordained bishop, 1980. Bishop Diocese of Hualien, Taiwan, 1980—1991, Diocese of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1991—2006, bishop emeritus, since 2006. Elevated to cardinal, 1998.
Cardinal-priest S. Crisogono, since 1998.