Bishop Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jan 1892		Born
1912	19.9	Professed	Member of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
5 Dec 1917	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
28 Apr 1929	37.2	Appointed	Prefect of Kaying [Meixian], China
18 Jun 1935	43.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Etenna
18 Jun 1935	43.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kaying [Meixian], China
21 Sep 1935	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Etenna
11 Apr 1946	54.2	Appointed	Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China
21 Feb 1952	60.1	Died	Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China

MicroData Summary for Francis Xavier Ford
(VIAF: 16773226; WikiData: Q496206)
Bishop Francis Xavier Ford M.M. (born 11 Jan 1892, died 21 Feb 1952) Bishop of Meixian [Kaying]

Event Place
Birth Place Brooklyn, NY, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA
Ordained Priest Maryknoll, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA
Ordained Bishop Maryknoll, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA
Death Place Prison, Canton, Archdiocese of Guangzhou [Canton]

a priest for 34.2 years
a bishop for 16.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Francis Cusack †
Bishop of Albany, New York
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Anthony Walsh, M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Syene
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Bishop Stephen Joseph Donahue †
Titular Bishop of Medea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Anthony Walsh, M.M. † (1933)
Titular Bishop of Syene
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Adolph John Paschang, M.M. † (1937)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johann Werner Lesinski, O.P. † (1947)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1951
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 72
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 31 Dec 2019
c1: CB, 22 May 2022

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