Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.

Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

Titular Archbishop of Sila

Apostolic Nuncio to Libya

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Oct 1950		Born
15 Aug 1969	18.8	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
15 Aug 1975	24.8	Perpetual Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
17 Jul 1982	31.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
23 Dec 2010	60.1	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
23 Dec 2010	60.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sila
5 Feb 2011	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Sila
6 Jun 2016	65.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
31 Oct 2016	66.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
28 Sep 2017	66.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
24 Oct 2022	72.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
18 May 2023	72.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya

MicroData Summary for Savio Hon Tai-Fai
(VIAF: 258915361; WikiData: Q705687)
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai S.D.B. (born 21 Oct 1950) Apostolic Nuncio of Malta

Event Place
Birth Place Hong Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

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a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung †
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Benedict XVI
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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:
Archbishop Ryan Pagente Jimenez (2016)
Bishop Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M. (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Julio Murat (2012)
Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk (2013)
Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung † (2014)
Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang (2014)
Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M. (2014)
Bishop George Bugeja, O.F.M. (2015)
Bishop Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B. (2018)
Archbishop Georgios Altouvas (2021)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Hong Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 23 Dec 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 205, Number 16,945
ab: Bollettino, 6 Jun 2016
ab: Bollettino, 28 Sep 2017
ab: Bollettino, 24 Oct 2022
bpd: AM, 24 Oct 2022
ab: Bollettino, 18 May 2023

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