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Name
  
Ignatius Wang


Role
  
Canon

Ignatius C. Wang

Ignatius Chung Wang (born February 27, 1934, Beijing, China) is an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 2002-2009. Consecrated on January 30, 2003 as the titular bishop of Sitipa, Wang is the first Asian American and Chinese American to be appointed to the office of bishop.

On May 16, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI received the resignation of Bishop Wang in accordance with canons 411 and 401 para. 1 of the Code of Canon Law.

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