Bishop José Lai Hung-seng

Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jan 1946		Born
28 Oct 1972	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Macau, China
23 Jan 2001	55.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Macau, China
2 Jun 2001	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Macau, China
30 Jun 2003	57.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Macau, China
16 Jan 2016	70.0	Resigned	Bishop of Macau, China

MicroData Summary
José Lai Hung-seng
Bishop José Lai Hung-seng
(born 14 Jan 1946)
Bishop Emeritus of Macau

Ad Limina - June 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Macau, Diocese of Macau
Ordained Bishop Macau, Diocese of Macau

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Macau.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung †
Bishop of Macau
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa †
Bishop Emeritus of Macau
Bishop John Tong Hon
Titular Bishop of Bossa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung † (1987)
Bishop of Macau
Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa † (1976)
Bishop of Macau
Bishop John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung † (1975)
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1365620

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 163, Number 13,982
r: Bollettino, 16 Jan 2016
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 17 Jan 2020

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