Bishop Francis Chan †

Deceased

Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jul 1913		Born
4 Dec 1939	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Malacca, Singapore
25 Feb 1955	41.5	Appointed	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
28 Aug 1955	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
20 Oct 1967	54.2	Died	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

MicroData Summary for Francis Chan
(WikiData: Q11859884)
Bishop Francis Chan (born 25 Jul 1913, died 20 Oct 1967) Bishop of Penang

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Singapore, Diocese of Malacca, Singapore
Ordained Bishop Good Shepherd, Cathedral, Singapore, Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore
Death Place Residence, Macalister Road, Penang, Diocese of Penang
Buried Place (Original) Western Road, Cemetery, George Town, Penang, Diocese of Penang

a priest for 27.8 years
a bishop for 12.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Victor Léon Jean Pierre Marie Bazin, M.E.P. †
Archbishop of Rangoon
Bishop Louis-August Chorin, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Polystylus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
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

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1955, Number 68

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