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'''Mathias Chen Xilu''' ({{zh|s=陈锡禄 |t=陳錫祿 |p=Chén Xīlù}}; 6 February 1928 – 16 January 2008) was a Chinese Roman Catholic [[bishop]] of [[Hengshui]], Hebei. He had been appointed to his post by the [[Holy See|Vatican]], and had been recognized by the government of the [[People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2008/01/18/comatose-elderly-bishop-of-hengshui-dies&post_id=29118|title=comatose elderly bishop of hengshui dies|website=Ucanews.com|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>

==Life==
Chen Xilu was born into a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] family in 1928. He initially enrolled at a minor Catholic [[seminary]] at the age of 15 before entering a larger seminary in [[Shanghai]] in 1950. He was ordained a priest in 1955 after which he worked as a doctor in a clinic in [[Jing County, Hebei|Jing county]], Hebei province.

Chen was arrested for his religious beliefs in 1958. He was sent to a hard [[labor camp]] from 1969–79. He returned to [[Hengshui]] diocese in 1979 following his release. He succeeded Bishop Petrus Fan Wenxing in 1996. The diocese consists of approximately 20,000 Roman Catholics. Chen fell into a coma due to a [[brain hemorrhage]] in 2002 and died on January 16, 2008, of organ failure in Jing county, Hebei. He was succeeded by Bishop Peter Feng Xinmao.

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