Taiwan

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
5 Jan 2006	54.7	Succeeded	Peter Liu Cheng-chung	Bishop of Kaohsiung
5 Jan 2006	82.0	Retired	Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. †	Bishop of Kaohsiung	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan 2006	62.1	Appointed	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Bishop of Kiayi	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei
28 Feb 2006	62.2	Ordained Bishop	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Bishop of Kiayi	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei
6 Apr 2006	47.6	Appointed	John Baptist Lee Keh-mien	Bishop of Hsinchu
24 Jun 2006	47.8	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Lee Keh-mien	Bishop of Hsinchu
31 Oct 2006	54.2	Appointed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei	Archbishop
31 Oct 2006	54.2	Appointed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Archbishop of Taipei
30 Dec 2006	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Chung An-zu	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Archbishop of Taipei
25 Jun 2007	47.6	Appointed	Martin Su Yao-wen	Bishop of Taichung
25 Jun 2007	76.1	Retired	Joseph Wang Yu-jung †	Bishop of Taichung	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep 2007	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Martin Su Yao-wen	Bishop of Taichung
9 Nov 2007	75.3	Resigned	Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) †	Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei
	75.3	Retired	Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) †	Archbishop of Taipei	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.9	Appointed	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Taipei	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.9	Appointed	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei
24 Jan 2008	55.4	Appointed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Bishop of Kiayi	Archbishop of Taipei
17 Feb 2009	82.8	Died	Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun) †	Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien
21 Nov 2009	58.6	Appointed	Peter Liu Cheng-chung	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kaohsiung	Bishop
22 Aug 2012	88.7	Died	Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung
23 Aug 2012	96.9	Died	Paul Ch’eng Shih-kuang †	Bishop Emeritus of Tainan
2015	73.5	Retired	Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria	Apostolic Nuncio
2015	73.5	Retired	Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan	Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia	Apostolic Nuncio
22 Aug 2017	92.5	Died	Matthew Kia Yen-wen †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei
11 Dec 2017	75.0	Retired	John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi	Auxiliary Bishop of Hwalien	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan 2018	86.7	Died	Joseph Wang Yu-jung †	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung
23 May 2020	67.7	Appointed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Archbishop of Taipei
	67.7	Appointed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu	Archbishop of Taipei
	76.5	Retired	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Taipei	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.5	Retired	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei
18 Jul 2020	67.9	Installed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Archbishop of Taipei
14 Nov 2020	77.5	Retired	Bosco Lin Chi-nan	Bishop of Tainan	Bishop Emeritus
14 Nov 2020	54.0	Appointed	John Lee Juo-Wang	Bishop of Tainan	Bishop Emeritus
1 Jan 2021	54.1	Ordained Bishop	John Lee Juo-Wang	Bishop of Tainan	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jun 2021	78.0	Appointed	Bosco Lin Chi-nan	Apostolic Administrator of Tainan	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jun 2021	54.6	Resigned	John Lee Juo-Wang	Bishop of Tainan	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb 2022	63.4	Appointed	Norbert Pu Yingxiong	Bishop of Kiayi
2 Apr 2022	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Norbert Pu Yingxiong	Bishop of Kiayi
2 Sep 2022	90.1	Died	Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei
29 Dec 2022	94.6	Died	Joseph Ti-kang †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei
3 May 2023	68.1	Appointed	John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M.	Bishop of Tainan
24 Jun 2023	68.2	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M.	Bishop of Tainan
24 Jun 2023	80.1	Ceased	Bosco Lin Chi-nan	Apostolic Administrator of Tainan	Bishop Emeritus

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