Bishop John Baptiste Wang Xi Xian †

Deceased

Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 May 1926		Born
31 May 1953	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
1997²	70.6	Selected	Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
24 Jun 1997	71.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
25 May 2005	79.0	Died	Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
John Baptiste Wang Xi Xian
Bishop John Baptiste Wang Xi Xian
(born 21 May 1926, died 25 May 2005)
Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan]

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Hohhot, Archdiocese of Hohhot [Suiyüan]

a priest for 51.9 years
a bishop for 7.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Anthony Li Duan †
Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji †
Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic)]
Bishop Thaddeus Guo Yingong †
Bishop of Datong [Tatung]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Anthony Li Duan † (1987)
Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An]
Bishop Lawrence Zhang Wen-bin † (1981)
Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow]
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17113798

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Jan 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Number 13,137

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