Bishop Francis Chan †

Deceased

Bishop of Penang

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jul 1913		Born	Singapore
4 Dec 1939	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Feb 1955	41.6	Appointed	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
28 Aug 1955	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
20 Dec 1967	54.4	Died	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

a priest for 28.0 years
a bishop for 12.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Victor Bazin, M.E.P. †
Bishop Louis-August Chorin, M.E.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Chan † (1955)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1955, Number 68

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