Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China

Note(s): (Handan)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jan 1923		Born
27 Aug 1949	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Nov 1996	73.9	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Daming [Taming], China
17 Sep 1999	76.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Daming [Taming], China
2017¹	93.9	Retired	Bishop of Daming [Taming], China
13 Oct 2021	98.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Stephen Yang Xiangtai
Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai
(born 3 Jan 1923, died 13 Oct 2021)
Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming]

Event Place
Birth Place Gaocun
Ordained Bishop Sacré Coeur, Church, Caozhuang, Yongnian District
Death Place Weixian, Hospital, Weixian

a priest for 72.1 years
a bishop for 24.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †
Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng]
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter Chen Bolu (Chen Bailu) †
Bishop of Daming [Taming]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen) †
Coadjutor Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien]
Bishop Mathias Chen Xilu †
Coadjutor Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter Chen Bolu (Chen Bailu) † (1986)
Bishop of Daming [Taming]
Bishop Francis Han Tingbi (Ting-pi) † (1950)
Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung]
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Sun Jigen (2011)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Feng Xinmao (2004)
Bishop Peter Wu Junwei † (2010)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17114088

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Dec 2019
c2+: CB, 29 Feb 2020
d/b: CB, 14 Oct 2021
d/b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,544
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,213
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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