Fr. Chu Meng-Chuan Bernard went to the Lord peacefully on February 8th, 2008 at 5:39 p.m. at Cardinal Tien Hospital, Taipei.

Fr. Chu was born in Beijing on April 17th, 1925.  He entered the Society at Zikawei, Shanghai on August 30th, 1947; was ordained to the priesthood on March 18th, 1960 in Hsinchu, Taiwan and professed his last vows on June 7 th, 1973 in Rome.