Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu

Bishop Emeritus of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1958²		Born
1985²	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Oct 1991	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
Feb 1998³	40.0	Appointed	Bishop of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China
11 Aug 2025	67.6	Resigned	Bishop of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Joseph Zhang Weizhu
Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu
(born 1958)
Bishop Emeritus of Xinxiang [Sinsiang]

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Xianxian, Diocese of Xianxian [Sienhsien]

Please contact the Bishop through the Prefecture Apostolic of Xinxiang [Sinsiang].

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Baptist Wang Ruo Han
Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Baptist Wang Ruo Han (1990)
Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow]
Bishop Paul Li Zhenrong, S.J. † (1983)
Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien]
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: Q17114144

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Dec 2019
b/c2: Clandestine Episcopal Ordinations in China, Year 2018, Number 68
by: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 190, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 160, Number 13,802
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Number 13,307
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 203, Additions/Corrections (front)
b: I Vescovi “Cinesi” della Cina 1674-2009, Page 41
r: Bollettino, 5 Dec 2025
b: CB, 6 Dec 2025

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