Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jun 1941		Born
27 Mar 1971	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
10 Nov 1998	57.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna
10 Nov 1998	57.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
20 Dec 1998	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Leptis Magna
22 Apr 2004	62.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
22 Apr 2004	62.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia
2015²	73.5	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
2015²	73.5	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan
Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan
(born 26 Jun 1941)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Kaohsiung, Prefecture Apostolic of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Holy Rosary, Cathedral, Kaohsiung, Diocese of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy †
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Stanislaus Lokuang †
Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy † (1970)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kaohsiung, Prefecture Apostolic of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Holy Rosary, Cathedral, Kaohsiung, Diocese of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q718319

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 153, Number 13,451
r: CB, 3 Sep 2015
r: CB, 10 Mar 2016
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 248, Deceased Cardinals (back)
opd: CB, 3 Apr 2025

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