Bishop Melchior Chang K’o-hing (Zhang Kexing) †

Deceased

Bishop of Chongli-Xiwanzi [Siwantze]

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1914		Born	Siwantze
18 Mar 1939	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chongli-Xiwanzi [Siwantze], China
3 Nov 1949	35.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Chongli-Xiwanzi [Siwantze], China
3 Nov 1949	35.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Clypia
24 May 1951	37.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Clypia
24 Nov 1951	37.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Chongli-Xiwanzi [Siwantze], China
6 Nov 1988	74.8	Died	Bishop of Chongli-Xiwanzi [Siwantze], China

a priest for 49.6 years
a bishop for 37.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Melchior Chang K’o-hing (Zhang Kexing) † (1951)
Bishop Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. † (1932)
Bishop Louis Van Dyck, C.I.C.M. † (1916)
Bishop Conrad Abels, C.I.C.M. † (1897)
Bishop Laurent Guillon, M.E.P. † (1890)
Bishop Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. † (1884)
Bishop Jacques Bax, C.I.C.M. † (1875)
Bishop Luigi Moccagatta, O.F.M. † (1845)
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Source(s):

ab/ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1951, Number 49

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