Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-mei (Gong Pinmei) †

Deceased

Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Aug 1901		Born
28 May 1930	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 Jun 1949	47.8	Appointed	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China
7 Oct 1949	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China
15 Jul 1950	48.9	Appointed	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
30 Jun 1979	77.9	Elevated to Cardinal	In Pectore
28 Jun 1991	89.9	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1991	89.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
12 Mar 2000	98.6	Died	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

MicroData Summary
Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (Gong Pinmei)
Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-mei (Gong Pinmei)
(born 2 Aug 1901, died 12 Mar 2000)
Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai]

Consistory - 1979: Created Cardinal (In Pectore)
Consistory - 1991: Published (Previously a Cardinal In Pectore)

Event Place
Birth Place P'ou-tong, Vicariate Apostolic of Kiangnan
Ordained Bishop Shanghai, Diocese of Shanghai [Shanghai]
Death Place Stamford, CT, Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Buried Place (Original) Santa Clara Mission, Cemetery, Santa Clara, Diocese of San Jose in California, USA

a priest for 69.7 years
a bishop for 50.4 years
a cardinal for 20.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Riberi †
Titular Archbishop of Dara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Edward Walsh, M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Sata
Bishop Simon Zhu Kai-min (Chu or Tsu Kai-min), S.J. †
Bishop of Haimen [Haimen]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Vincent Zhu Weifang † (1954)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih † (1949)
Bishop Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares del Rosario, O.A.R. † (1950)
Bishop Anthony Zhou Weidao (Chow Wei-tao), O.F.M. † (1950)
Bishop Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa, O.F.M. Cap. † (1950)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 7707832
VIAF: 53934480
WikiData: Q504007

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 91
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 13 Jan 2020

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