Bishop Ermenegildus (Paul) Li Yi, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Nov 1923		Born
1943²	19.1	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor
6 Feb 1949	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
28 Jan 1998	74.2	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China
21 Jul 1998	74.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China
24 May 2012	88.5	Died	Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Ermenegildus (Paul) Li Yi
Bishop Ermenegildus (Paul) Li Yi O.F.M.
(born 14 Nov 1923, died 24 May 2012)
Bishop of Changzhi [Luan]

Event Place
Birth Place Changzhi, Diocese of Changzhi [Luan]

a priest for 63.2 years
a bishop for 14.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Anthony Li Weidao †
Bishop of Changzhi [Luan]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Anthony Li Weidao † (1982)
Bishop of Changzhi [Luan]
Bishop Francis Han Tingbi (Ting-pi) † (1950)
Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung]
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1613512

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Dec 2019
b/c2: Clandestine Episcopal Ordinations in China, Year 2018, Number 85
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 203, Number 16,743
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 178, Number 14,801

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