Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.

Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jan 1932		Born	Shanghai
11 Feb 1961	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
13 Sep 1996	64.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
9 Dec 1996	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
23 Sep 2002	70.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
20 Oct 2002	70.8	Installed	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
24 Mar 2006	74.2	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Mar 2006	74.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca
31 May 2006	74.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca
15 Apr 2009	77.3	Retired	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

Consistory - 2006: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

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:
Maurilio Cardinal Fossati, O.Ss.G.C. †
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Principal Consecrator:
John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung †
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi †
Archbishop of Tokyo
Archbishop Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †
Titular Archbishop of Africa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung † (1975)
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Luciano Capelli, S.D.B. (2007)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 15 Apr 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,869
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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