Bishop Joseph Hou Guoyong (Guoyang) †

Deceased

Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China

Note(s): (validity uncertain, unclear if living)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1922²		Born
1951²	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Oct 1989	67.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Joseph Hou Guoyong (Guoyang)
Bishop Joseph Hou Guoyong (Guoyang)
(born 1922)
Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking]

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Bishop's residence, Baodung, Diocese of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan]

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan †
Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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: Q105192283

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Dec 2019
b/c2: Clandestine Episcopal Ordinations in China, Year 2018, Number 56
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 203, Number 16,722
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 190, Number 15,474
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 122, Number 10,977
b: CB, 29 Jul 2022
ob?: CB, 17 Aug 2022

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