Bishop Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen), C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo]

Titular Bishop of Esbus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Nov 1869		Born	Beijing, China
24 Jan 1897	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Jan 1899	29.2	Professed	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
15 Apr 1924	54.4	Appointed	Prefect of Lihsien, China
17 Jul 1924	54.7	Installed	Prefect of Lihsien, China
24 Jun 1926	56.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Esbus
28 Oct 1926	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Esbus
15 Jul 1929	59.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ankwo [Anguo], China
7 Feb 1936	66.2	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Ankwo [Anguo], China
23 Aug 1951	81.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo], China

a priest for 54.6 years
a bishop for 24.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Carlo Cardinal Cremonesi †
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen), C.M. † (1926)
Pope Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti † (1919)
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Bishop Michal Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Archbishop Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1759)
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Archbishop Stanislaw Szembek † (1690)
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop Bonaventura Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Baptist Wang Tseng-yi (Uamzemi), C.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre Cheng (Tcheng) †
Bishop John Chang Pi-te †
Bishop Peter Wang Mu-To †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1926, Number 73

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