Bishop Marc Yuan Wen Zai †

Deceased

Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Apr 1922		Born
3 Jun 1953	31.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Haimen [Haimen], China
21 Jul 1989	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
Mar 2007²	84.8	Died	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Marc Yuan Wen Zai
Bishop Marc Yuan Wen Zai
(born 25 Apr 1922, died Mar 2007)
Bishop of Haimen [Haimen]

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Shanghai, Diocese of Shanghai [Shanghai]

a priest for 53.7 years
a bishop for 17.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Simon Zhu Kai-min (Chu or Tsu Kai-min), S.J. †
Bishop of Haimen [Haimen]
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Fan Zhong-Liang, S.J. †
Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Fan Zhong-Liang, S.J. † (1985)
Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai]
Bishop Mathias Lu Zhengshen † (1982)
Coadjutor Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow]
Bishop Bartholomew Yu Chengti (Chengdi) † (1981)
Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung]
Bishop Casimir Wang Milu † (1981)
Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow]
Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan † (1951)
Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan]
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: Q11988414

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Dec 2019
b/c2: Clandestine Episcopal Ordinations in China, Year 2018, Number 53
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,203

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