Archbishop Joseph Cheng Tien-siang (Zheng Tianxiang), O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1922		Born
28 Aug 1952	30.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
21 Mar 1961	38.7	Appointed	Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
21 May 1961	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
30 Oct 1979	57.3	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
19 Aug 1990	68.1	Died	Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

MicroData Summary for Joseph Cheng Tien-siang (Zheng Tianxiang)
(WikiData: Q14382718)
Archbishop Joseph Cheng Tien-siang (Zheng Tianxiang) O.P. (born 28 Jun 1922, died 19 Aug 1990) Bishop of Kaohsiung

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Foochow
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 37.9 years
a bishop for 29.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope John XXIII
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Fulton John Sheen †
Titular Bishop of Caesariana
Bishop Edoardo Mason, F.S.C.J. †
Titular Bishop of Rusicade

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Lin Tianzhu (Liu Thien-chu) † (1986)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Foochow
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 28 Dec 2019
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 56
parc: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 1,621, and Page 1,622

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