John Cardinal Tong Hon

Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jul 1939		Born	Hong Kong
6 Jan 1966	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
13 Sep 1996	57.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
13 Sep 1996	57.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bossa
9 Dec 1996	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bossa
30 Jan 2008	68.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
15 Apr 2009	69.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
18 Feb 2012	72.5	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 2012	72.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum
22 Apr 2012	72.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum

Consistory - 2012: Created Cardinal

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang].

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Pope Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †
Principal Consecrator:
John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi †
Archbishop Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Cardinal Tong Hon (1996)
John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung † (1975)
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva, Paulista † (1904)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Lai Hung-seng

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 30 Jan 2008
s: Bollettino, 15 Apr 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,870
card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012
1r01: Bollettino, 18 Feb 2012
i: Bollettino, 16 Apr 2012

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