Bishop Joseph Ma Xue-sheng †

Deceased

Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Sep 1923		Born
1957²	33.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Apr 1988	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
27 Jun 1997	73.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
8 Feb 2013	89.3	Died	Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Joseph Ma Xue-sheng
Bishop Joseph Ma Xue-sheng
(born 16 Sep 1923, died 8 Feb 2013)
Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun]

Event Place
Birth Place Zouping county
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Tsinan, Archdiocese of Jinan [Tsinan]

a priest for 56.1 years
a bishop for 24.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Zhong Huai-de †
Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Qian (Quin) Hui-min †
Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking]
Bishop Bernardin Dong Guang-qing, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Hankow [Hankou]

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Zhao Fengchang (2000)
Bishop Michael He Jinmin † (2000)
Bishop Matthew Hu Xiande † (2000)
Bishop Joseph Li Mingshu † (2000)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. † (1993)
Bishop John (Roman) Fang Xing Yao (1997)
Bishop Joseph Xing Wenzhi (2005)
Bishop Joseph Xu Honggen (2006)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q18193323

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Dec 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Number 13,114

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