[Patriotic Bishop John Cai Ti-yuan (Tsai Tai-Yuen)] †

Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association

Not in Union with the Holy See

Deceased

Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1920¹		Born
1949¹	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Sep 1981	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China
24 Nov 1997	77.8	Died	Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
John Cai Ti-yuan (Tsai Tai-Yuen)
Bishop John Cai Ti-yuan (Tsai Tai-Yuen)
(born 1920, died 24 Nov 1997)
Bishop of Shantou [Swatow]

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Canton, Archdiocese of Guangzhou [Canton]
Death Place Swatow, Diocese of Shantou [Swatow]

a priest for 48.8 years
a bishop for 16.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Zhong Huai-de †
Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Ten Gan-lin (Deng Ji-zhou) †
Bishop of Leshan [Kiating]
Bishop Joseph Ye Yin-yun †
Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Zhong Huai-de † (1958)
Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]
Archbishop Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih † (1949)
Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien]
Archbishop Antonio Riberi † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Dara
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
[Patriotic Bishop Anthony Zhong Quanzhang] † (1989)
[Patriotic Bishop James Ping Leung Lin (Lin Binglian)] † (1990)
[Patriotic Bishop Joseph Zhen Changcheng (Chen Changcheng, Tangtionsin)] † (1991)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16183937

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Dec 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Number 13,091
b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 88, Number 7,406
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 89, Additions/Corrections (front)

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