Archbishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen

Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jan 1925		Born	Yuenshi Hsien
15 Jul 1951	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tainan, Taiwan
21 May 1970	45.3	Appointed	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan
16 Jul 1970	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan
14 Dec 1974	49.9	Appointed	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
15 Nov 1978	53.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan
11 Feb 1989	64.1	Resigned	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Taipei.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Paul Cardinal Yü Pin †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Stanislaus Lokuang †
Archbishop Joseph Kuo Joshih †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen (1970)
Paul Cardinal Yü Pin † (1936)
Archbishop Mario Zanin † (1934)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Paul Cardinal Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bosco Lin Chi-nan

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