Bishop Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1911		Born
1931²	19.1	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor
1937¹	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
18 Dec 1981	70.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
1994²	82.1	Resigned	Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
10 Sep 1999	87.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China

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

MicroData Summary
Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin
Bishop Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin O.F.M.
(born 25 Oct 1911, died 10 Sep 1999)
Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan]

Event Place
Birth Place Taiyuan
Ordained Bishop Nantang, Cathedral, Peking, Archdiocese of Beijing [Peking]

a priest for 62.6 years
a bishop for 17.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Zhong Huai-de †
Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Peter Wu Junwei † (1990)
Principal Consecrator of:
[Patriotic Bishop Thaddeus Guo Yingong] † (1990)
Bishop Bonaventura Luo Juan (Luo Jung) † (1990)
Bishop John Huo Cheng † (1991)
Bishop Sylvester Li Jiantang (Liu Jiantang) † (1994)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17114149

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Dec 2019
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Number 13,094
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 12,984

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