Bishop Joseph Jin Dechen †

Deceased

Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jun 1919		Born
1944¹	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
1981²	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
21 Nov 2002	83.4	Died	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Joseph Jin Dechen
Bishop Joseph Jin Dechen
(born 19 Jun 1919, died 21 Nov 2002)
Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang]

Event Place
Birth Place Jingang village

a priest for 58.8 years
a bishop for 21.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo (Kia Zhi Cuo, Jia Shoushen) †
Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo (Kia Zhi Cuo, Jia Shoushen) † (1980)
Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting]
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Zhu Baoyu † (1995)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q49080926

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 22 Dec 2019
b/c2: Clandestine Episcopal Ordinations in China, Year 2018, Number 8, 72
ob/c12: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 203, Number 16,698, and Number 16,736
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Number 13,289

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