The Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Template:Clarify spanTemplate:Clarify span was imprisoned in 1958. His release in 1981 due to a necessary cancer treatment in Hong Kong and his subsequent appointment to archbishop caused the Chinese authorities respond with the appointment of Joseph Ye Yinyun. Archbishop Ye was never recognised by the Holy See, his successor Archbishop James Lin Bingliang was recognised in 1998 only after Archbishop Deng's death in 1995. Thus the rift between the underground church and the Patriotic Church came for the Archdiocese to an end. The present archbishop Joseph Gan Junqiu won papal consent even before the consent of the Chinese authorities. His ordination was delayed, because the Chinese authorities originally wanted to have two illicit bishops preside over it.
Archbishop Joseph Gan Junqiu (Script error: No such module "Lang".)(consecration on Dec 4, 2007, after prior papal approval)
Archbishop James Lin Bingliang (Script error: No such module "Lang".)(1990-2001, papal approval in 1998).
Archbishop Joseph Ye Yinyun (Script error: No such module "Lang".)(1981-1990, without papal approval)
Archbishop Dominic Deng Yi-ming (Tang Yee-ming), S.J. (Script error: No such module "Lang".) (May 26, 1981 – June 27, 1995, after 1981 in exile)
Bishop Dominic Deng Yi-ming (Tang Yee-ming), S.J. (Script error: No such module "Lang".) (later Archbishop) (Apostolic Administrator October 1, 1950 – May 26, 1981)
