Bishop Peter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen) †

Deceased

Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China

Note(s): (Cangzhou)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1926²		Born
28 Oct 1956	30.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Mar 1993	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
1998²	72.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
23 Oct 1999	73.8	Died	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Peter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen)
Bishop Peter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen)
(born 1926, died 23 Oct 1999)
Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien]

Event Place
Birth Place Sienhsien, Vicariate Apostolic of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien)
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Sienhsien, Diocese of Xianxian [Sienhsien]

a priest for 42.9 years
a bishop for 6.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Liu Ding-han, S.J. †
Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Chen Bolu (Chen Bailu) †
Bishop of Daming [Taming]
Bishop Joseph Hou Jin-de †
Bishop of Xingtai [Shunteh]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Liu Ding-han, S.J. † (1982)
Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien]
Bishop Joseph Zhong Huai-de † (1958)
Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Chen Xu (Chen Chu) † (1995)
[Patriotic Bishop Mathias Chen Xilu] † (1996)
Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai † (1996)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11995442

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 10 Jan 2020
c34: CB, 29 Feb 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 181, Number 14,938
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,205

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