Bishop Bosco Lin Chi-nan

Bishop of Tainan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1943		Born	Pingtung
6 Jan 1973	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Sep 1992	49.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
28 Sep 1992	49.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Alexanum
2 Jan 1993	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Alexanum
24 Jan 2004	60.7	Appointed	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Tainan.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Paul Cardinal Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J.
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen
Bishop Joseph Lin Thien-chu †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bosco Lin Chi-nan (1993)
Paul Cardinal Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. (1980)
Archbishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen (1970)
Paul Cardinal Yü Pin † (1936)
Archbishop Mario Zanin † (1934)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Philip Huang Chao-ming
Bishop Thomas Chung An-zu

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