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[Patriotic Bishop Fang Zhigang] †

Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association

Not in Union with the Holy See

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia, Wenchow], China

Note(s): (Wenzhou)

Events

Event	Place
Ordained Bishop	Shanghai, Diocese of Shanghai [Shanghai]

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih † Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien] Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (Chao Cheng-sheng), S.J. † Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: 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

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