China

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
30 Dec 1991	92.8	Died	Dominic Luke Capozi, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyüan [Taiyuan]
16 Apr 1992	84.3	Died	Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan †	Bishop of Paoting [Baoding]
18 Feb 1993	75.5	Retired	Luigi Accogli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
1995	80.1	Retired	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus
22 Apr 1995	95.3	Died	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin]
27 Jun 1995	87.1	Died	Dominic Tang Yee-ming, S.J. †	Archbishop of Canton [Guangzhou]
13 Sep 1996	57.1	Appointed	John Tong Hon	Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]	Coadjutor Bishop
	57.1	Appointed	John Tong Hon	Titular Bishop of Bossa	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
	64.7	Appointed	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]	Cardinal, Bishop
9 Dec 1996	57.4	Ordained Bishop	John Tong Hon	Titular Bishop of Bossa	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
9 Dec 1996	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]	Cardinal, Bishop
1997	86.2	Died	Francis Wang Hsueh-ming †	Archbishop of Suiyüan [Hohot]
14 Jan 1998	94.6	Died	Francis Gerard Kramer, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lu An [Changzhi]
13 Feb 1998	96.3	Died	René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Suifu [Yibin]
20 Jul 1999	55.9	Appointed	Thierry Romain Camille Jordan	Archbishop of Reims, France
12 Mar 2000	98.6	Died	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei †	Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai]
1 Oct 2000	249.8	Canonized	St. Taurin Gabriel Dufresse, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen
	320.0	Canonized	St. Pedro Sanz, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien
	127.3	Canonized	St. Luis Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan]
10 Jan 2001	92.9	Died	Matthias Tuan In-Min †	Bishop of Wanhsien [Wanxian]
23 Jan 2001	55.0	Appointed	José Lai Hung-seng	Coadjutor Bishop of Macau	Bishop
3 Mar 2001	76.7	Retired	Edward Idris Cassidy	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal, President Emeritus
2 Jun 2001	55.4	Ordained Bishop	José Lai Hung-seng	Coadjutor Bishop of Macau	Bishop
23 Jan 2002	60.7	Appointed	José Song Sui-Wan, S.D.B.	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
26 Feb 2002	77.6	Appointed	Edward Idris Cassidy	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
27 Apr 2002	60.9	Ordained Bishop	José Song Sui-Wan, S.D.B.	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
23 Sep 2002	77.5	Died	John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung †	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
23 Sep 2002	70.7	Succeeded	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
20 Oct 2002	70.8	Installed	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
13 Dec 2002	68.8	Appointed	Ignatius Chung Wang	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
13 Dec 2002	68.8	Appointed	Ignatius Chung Wang	Titular Bishop of Sitipa	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
30 Jan 2003	68.9	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Chung Wang	Titular Bishop of Sitipa	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
30 Jun 2003	57.5	Succeeded	José Lai Hung-seng	Bishop of Macau
30 Jun 2003	75.2	Retired	Domingos Lam Ka Tseung	Bishop of Macau	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jun 2004	86.8	Died	Luigi Accogli †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Syria
15 Oct 2005	90.9	Died	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
13 Nov 2005	91.1	Died	Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru
24 Mar 2006	74.2	Appointed	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
24 Mar 2006	74.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
31 May 2006	74.4	Installed	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
30 Jan 2008	68.5	Appointed	John Tong Hon	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

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