Bishop Joseph Wang Cizhang (Wan Tsu-chang) †

Deceased

Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Feb 1908		Born
18 May 1934	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Feb 1952	44.0	Appointed	Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
4 May 1952	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
25 Mar 1961	53.1	Died	Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China

MicroData Summary
Joseph Wang Cizhang (Wan Tsu-chang)
Bishop Joseph Wang Cizhang (Wan Tsu-chang)
(born 8 Feb 1908, died 25 Mar 1961)
Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow]

Event Place
Birth Place Henyang
Ordained Bishop Hankow, Archdiocese of Hankow [Hankou]
Death Place Prison, Changsha

a priest for 26.8 years
a bishop for 8.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Li Taonan (Li Daonan) †
Bishop of Puqi [Puchi]
Assisted by:
Father Louis Chou, O.F.M.
Priest of Order of Friars Minor
Father Alexis Benique, O.F.M.
Priest of Order of Friars Minor

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Li Taonan (Li Daonan) † (1951)
Bishop of Puqi [Puchi]
Archbishop Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. † (1946)
Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou]
Archbishop Paul Yü Pin (Yu Bin) † (1936)
Archbishop of Nanjing [Nanking]
Archbishop Mario Zanin † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
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: Q64751104

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 43
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Jan 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 44, Number 3,009

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