John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung †

Deceased

Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Mar 1925		Born	Shui-tsai
6 Jul 1952	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hsinchu, Taiwan
5 Apr 1975	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
25 Jul 1975	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
28 Jun 1988	63.3	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	63.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano
23 Sep 2002	77.5	Died	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal

a priest for 50.2 years
a bishop for 27.2 years
a cardinal for 14.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Petrus Pao-Zin Tou †
Bishop Frederick Anthony Donaghy, M.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung † (1975)
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa
Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.
John Cardinal Tong Hon
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung †

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)

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