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Bishop Michael Liu Xianru †

Deceased

Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Jintang
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Chengdu, Diocese of Chengdu [Chengtu]
Death Place	Chengdu, Diocese of Chengdu [Chengtu]

a priest for 51.4 years a bishop for 6.6 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Matthias Duan Yinmin (Duan In-min) † Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien] Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop John Chen Shi-zhong † Bishop of Yibin [Suifu] Bishop Michael Huang Woze † Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Matthias Duan Yinmin (Duan In-min) † (1949) Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien] Archbishop Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. † (1926) Archbishop of Chongqing [Chungking] Bishop Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. † (1924) Titular Bishop of Antiphrae Bishop Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle, M.E.P. † (1909) Titular Bishop of Lappa Bishop Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. † (1887) Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. † (1881) Titular Bishop of Tenedus Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. † (1872) Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis Bishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. † (1844) Titular Bishop of Sinitis Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818) Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Archbishop François de Bovet † Archbishop of Toulouse

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