Bishop Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}

Titular Bishop of Colophon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Feb 1844		Born	Thielt, Belgium
14 Oct 1865	21.6	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
6 Jun 1868	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
13 Feb 1889	45.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
13 Feb 1889	45.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Colophon
12 May 1889	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Colophon
1899¹	54.9	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
7 Jan 1931	86.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

a priest for 62.6 years
a bishop for 41.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. †
  Titular Bishop of Madaurus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. † (1884)
Titular Bishop of Madaurus
Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. † (1874)
Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia
Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. † (1861)
Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia
Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. † (1849)
Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh {Hu-Pè}
Bishop Francesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. † (1847)
Titular Bishop of Soli
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Canopus
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza †
Titular Bishop of Sidon

Principal Consecrator of:
- Bishop Johannes Anton Hofman, O.F.M. † (1891)
- Bishop Césaire Jean Shang, O.F.M. † (1894)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Archbishop François Lesné, C.M. † (1896)
- Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P. † (1902)
- Bishop Émile-Jean Seghers † (1917)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1921
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
b: LC
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 216