Bishop Johannes Han Dingxian †

Deceased

Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 May 1937		Born
21 Nov 1986	49.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Nov 1989	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China
9 Sep 2007	70.3	Died	Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China

MicroData Summary
Johannes Han Dingxian
Bishop Johannes Han Dingxian
(born 17 May 1937, died 9 Sep 2007)
Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien]

Event Place
Birth Place Hebei
Death Place Prison, Shijiazhuang

a priest for 20.8 years
a bishop for 17.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter Liu Guandong †
Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter Liu Guandong † (1982)
Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien]
Bishop Francis Zhou Shanfu (Zhou Fangji) † (1981)
Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien]
Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan † (1951)
Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan]
Archbishop Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. † (1946)
Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou]
Archbishop Paul Yü Pin (Yu Bin) † (1936)
Archbishop of Nanjing [Nanking]
Archbishop Mario Zanin † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q707262

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 20 Dec 2019
b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139, Additions/Corrections (front)
dio: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Number 13,301
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 190, Number 15,472
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2: Clandestine Episcopal Ordinations in China, Year 2018, Number 60

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