Bishop Joseph Wang Zhenye †

Deceased

Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1911¹		Born
1943²	32.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Nov 1991	80.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
17 Dec 1999	88.9	Died	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Joseph Wang Zhenye
Bishop Joseph Wang Zhenye
(born 1911, died 17 Dec 1999)
Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan]

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Xi’an, Archdiocese of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An]

a priest for 56.9 years
a bishop for 8.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Anthony Li Duan †
Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis Yu Ren Shen (Yu Runchen)
Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung]
Bishop Lawrence Zhang Wen-bin †
Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow]

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: Q11979350

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 20 Dec 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Number 13,127

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