Bishop Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (Chao Cheng-sheng), S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien]

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Nov 1894		Born	Kinhsien
1913	18.1	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
26 Aug 1923	28.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Dec 1937	43.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Sienhsien [Xianxian], China
2 Dec 1937	43.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bisica
27 Mar 1938	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bisica
11 Apr 1946	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
1970²	75.1	Died	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

a priest for 46.3 years
a bishop for 31.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Joseph Tsui Shou-hsün †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille, C.M. †
- Bishop Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (Chao Cheng-sheng), S.J. † (1938)
Bishop Joseph Tsui Shou-hsün † (1933)
Pope Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti † (1919)
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Bishop Michal Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Archbishop Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1759)
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Archbishop Stanislaw Szembek † (1690)
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop Bonaventura Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
- Bishop Leopold Brellinger, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Joseph Julian Oste, C.I.C.M. †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1938, Number 25