Bishop Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

Titular Bishop of Colophon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Feb 1844		Born
12 Oct 1861	17.6	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor Recollect
14 Oct 1865	21.6	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor Recollect
8 Jun 1868	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Recollect
13 Feb 1889	44.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
13 Feb 1889	44.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Colophon
12 May 1889	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Colophon
1899¹	54.8	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
7 Jan 1931	86.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Benjamin Christiaens
Bishop Benjamin Christiaens O.F.M. Rec.
(born 24 Feb 1844, died 7 Jan 1931)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}

Event Place
Birth Place Thielt, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Ordained Priest Liège, Diocese of Liège, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Pro-Cathedral, Hangchow
Death Place Gent, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

a priest for 62.5 years
a bishop for 41.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. Ref. †
Titular Bishop of Madaurus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. Ref. † (1884)
Titular Bishop of Madaurus
Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. † (1874)
Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia
Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. Ref. † (1861)
Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia
Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. Ref. † (1849)
Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh {Hu-Pè}
Bishop Francesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. † (1847)
Titular Bishop of Soli
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Canopus
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. Obs. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Anton Hoffmann, O.F.M. Rec. † (1891)
Bishop Césaire Jean Schang (Shang), O.F.M. Obs. † (1894)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop François Lesné, C.M. † (1896)
Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P. † (1902)
Bishop Émile-Jean Seghers † (1917)
Assisted:
Bishop Alessio Maria Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. † (1876)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64736662

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1921
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
b: LC
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 216
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1889, Number 27
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 28 Dec 2019
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 929
b: Biographie Coloniale Belge, Tome 3, Column 144, to Column 145

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