Bishop Matthew Cao Xiangde †

Deceased

Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Sep 1929		Born
Nov 1985³	56.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
25 Jun 2000	70.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
8 Jun 2008	78.7	Confirmed	Bishop
9 Jul 2021	91.8	Died	Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Matthew Cao Xiangde
Bishop Matthew Cao Xiangde
(born 16 Sep 1929, died 9 Jul 2021)
Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow]

Event Place
Birth Place Tangzhen, Pudong
Ordained Bishop Hangzhou, Archdiocese of Hangzhou [Hangchow]

a priest for 35.6 years
a bishop for 21.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Aloysius Jin Lu-xian, S.J. †
Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai]
Principal Consecrator:
[Patriotic Bishop Matthew Yu Cheng-cai] †
Bishop of Haimen [Haimen]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
[Patriotic Bishop John Wu Shi-zhen] †
Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang]
[Patriotic Bishop Francis Xavier Lu Zinping (Lu Xinping)]
Coadjutor Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

[Patriotic Bishop Matthew Yu Cheng-cai] † (1959)
Bishop of Haimen [Haimen]
Archbishop Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih † (1949)
Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien]
Archbishop Antonio Riberi † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Dara
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Vincent Zhu Weifang † (2009)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11988709

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 27 Dec 2019
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 159, Number 13,793
c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 160, Additions/Corrections (front)
d/c1/b: CB, 10 Jul 2021
bd/bp: CB, 9 Aug 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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