Bishop Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen), C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo], China

Titular Bishop of Esbus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Nov 1869		Born
24 Jan 1897	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
25 Jan 1901	31.1	Professed	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
15 Apr 1924	54.4	Appointed	Prefect of Lihsien, China
17 Jul 1924	54.6	Installed	Prefect of Lihsien, China
24 Jun 1926	56.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Esbus
28 Oct 1926	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Esbus
15 Jul 1929	59.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ankwo [Anguo], China
7 Feb 1936	66.2	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Ankwo [Anguo], China
23 Aug 1951	81.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo], China

MicroData Summary
Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen)
Bishop Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen) C.M.
(born 19 Nov 1869, died 23 Aug 1951)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo]

Event Place
Birth Place Beijing
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Peking

a priest for 54.5 years
a bishop for 24.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pius XI
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Carlo Cremonesi †
Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia
Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †
Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Baptist Wang Zengyi (Wang Tseng-yi, Uamzemi), C.M. † (1938)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre Cheng Youxian (Cheng Youhin) † (1928)
Bishop John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te) † (1932)
Bishop Peter Wang Muduo (Wang Mu-to) † (1948)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Beijing
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Peking

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11988933

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1926, Number 73
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Jan 2020
b: I Vescovi “Cinesi” della Cina 1674-2009, Page 4

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