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Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate Matthew Kia Yen wen Died at 92
Matthew Kia Yen-wen (Chinese: 賈彥文; 17 January 1925 – 22 August 2017) was a Bishop of Hualien and Chiayi, an Archbishop of Taipei, and the Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei until his death in 2017. Kia was ordained on July 15, 1951 in Tainan, Taiwan. He was appointed the first Bishop of Chiayi on May 21, 1970 and installed on July 16, 1970. He was appointed Bishop of Hualien on December 14, 1974. He became the Archbishop of Taipei on November 18, 1978. He resigned on February 11, 1989.
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