John Cardinal Tong Hon

Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jul 1939		Born
6 Jan 1966	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
13 Sep 1996	57.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
13 Sep 1996	57.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bossa
9 Dec 1996	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bossa
30 Jan 2008	68.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
15 Apr 2009	69.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
18 Feb 2012	72.5	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 2012	72.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum
22 Apr 2012	72.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum
8 Mar 2014	74.6	Appointed	Member of the Council for the Economy
1 Aug 2017	78.0	Retired	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
5 Jan 2019	79.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
2020²	80.4	Ceased	Member of the Council for the Economy
4 Dec 2021	82.3	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for John Tong Hon
(VIAF: 98737671; WikiData: Q438243)
John Cardinal Tong Hon (born 31 Jul 1939) Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Ad Limina - June 2008: Bishop
Consistory - February 2012: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Hong Kong, Vicariate Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Ordained Bishop Immaculée Conception, Cathedral, Hong Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang].

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Consecrator:
John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung †
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi †
Archbishop of Tōkyō
Archbishop Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †
Titular Archbishop of Africa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung † (1975)
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Michael Yeung Ming-cheung † (2014)
Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang (2014)
Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M. (2014)
Stephen Cardinal Chow Sau-yan, S.J. (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Lai Hung-seng (2001)

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 30 Jan 2008
s: Bollettino, 15 Apr 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,870
card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012
1r01: Bollettino, 18 Feb 2012
i: Bollettino, 16 Apr 2012
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ab: Bollettino, 8 Mar 2014
r: Bollettino, 1 Aug 2017
ab: CB, 7 Jan 2019
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Jan 2020

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