Type: | archbishop |
Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan 葉勝男 | |
Appointed: | 22 April 2004 |
Retired: | 2015 |
Predecessor: | Augustine Kasujja |
Successor: | Luciano Russo |
Other Post: | Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna |
Ordination: | 27 March 1971 |
Consecration: | 20 December 1998 |
Consecrated By: | Edward Idris Cassidy, Stanislaus Lo Kuang and Carlo Maria Viganò |
Birth Name: | Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1941 |
Birth Place: | Takao, Japanese Taiwan |
Nationality: | Taiwanese |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan 葉勝男 | |
Dipstyle: | |
Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Relstyle: | Archbishop |
Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan (; born 26 June 1941) is a Taiwanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See.[1] [2]
Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan was born on 26 June 1941, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and was ordained priest on 27 March 1971, for the Diocese of Tainan. He holds a laurea degree in philosophy.
In 1972, he was admitted to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to study diplomacy.[3]
Yeh entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 8 March 1976, and served in the Pontifical diplomatic missions in Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Algeria, Iraq, Australia, Senegal and Great Britain. He was promoted to the counselor of nunciature on 8 March 1989.
On 10 November 1998, he was elected Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna, and at the same time named Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka.[4] His episcopal consecration took place on 20 December 1998; Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy was the principal consecrator, with archbishops Stanislaus Lo Kuang and Carlo Maria Viganò, as principal co-consecrators.
On 22 April 2004, Yeh was named Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Tunisia.[5] He retired in 2015 and was succeeded in Algeria and Tunisia by Luciano Russo in 2016.[6]