Thomas Cardinal Tien Ken-sin, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Peking [Beijing]

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Sep 1890		Born	Chantsui
9 Jun 1918	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Mar 1929	38.4	Incardinated	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
23 Feb 1934	43.4	Appointed	Prefect of Yangku [Yanggu], China
11 Jul 1939	48.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ruspae
11 Jul 1939	48.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Yangku [Yanggu], China
29 Oct 1939	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ruspae
10 Nov 1942	52.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China
18 Feb 1946	55.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via
18 Feb 1946	55.4	Elevated to Cardinal
11 Apr 1946	55.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Peking [Beijing], China
24 Jul 1967	76.8	Died	Archbishop of Peking [Beijing], China

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Conclave - 1963: Participated

a priest for 49.1 years
a bishop for 27.7 years
a cardinal for 21.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini †
Archbishop Henri Streicher, M. Afr. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Thomas Cardinal Tien Ken-sin, S.V.D. † (1939)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
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:
Bishop Thomas Niu Hui-ching †
Bishop Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang

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