Bishop Sylvester Li Jiantang (Liu Jiantang) †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Dec 1925		Born
12 Mar 1956³	30.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
1990²	64.0	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
1994²	68.0	Selected	Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
18 Dec 1994	68.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
24 Nov 2013	87.9	Retired	Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
13 Aug 2017	91.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Sylvester Li Jiantang (Liu Jiantang)
(WikiData: Q12000489)
Bishop Sylvester Li Jiantang (Liu Jiantang) (born 23 Dec 1925, died 13 Aug 2017) Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan]

Event Place
Birth Place Dong'ergou/Yuci
Ordained Bishop Immaculée Conception, Cathedral, Taiyuan, Archdiocese of Taiyuan [Taiyüan]

a priest for 61.4 years
a bishop for 22.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin, O.F.M. †
Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thaddeus Guo Yingong †
Bishop of Datong [Tatung]
Bishop Anthony Li Weidao †
Bishop of Changzhi [Luan]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin, O.F.M. † (1981)
Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan]
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop John Baptist Wang Jin † (1999)
Bishop Paul Meng Ningyou (2010)

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 23 Sep 2018
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2018, Page 1,134
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,208
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,542

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