Han was born in Jilin on July 26, 1921. Some documents record his birth year as 1919 or 1923. After studying, he was ordained a priest on December 14, 1947. During the rule of
Mao Zedong, he was arrested by the Communist government and sent to labor in labor camps. It was not until 1980, after
Deng Xiaoping took power and became more open to religion, and he was released. He became a professor of
Latin and
Greek culture at
Northeastern University in
Changchun until he retired in 1987. In 1982, he was secretly appointed as the Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sipingjie. Four years later, his ordination was also silently held on May 6, 1986. He was a supporter of the Legions of Mary and founder of the Women's Congregation of Mount Calvary. He was an underground bishop, but he repeatedly expressed his support for spiritual reconciliation between "
underground church" and "open church" Catholics. ==References==