[Patriotic Bishop Matthias Ma Long-lin] †

Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association

Not in Union with the Holy See

Deceased

Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1917¹		Born
1951²	34.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Jul 1981	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien], China
9 Jun 1999	82.4	Died	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien], China

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

MicroData Summary
Matthias Ma Long-lin
Bishop Matthias Ma Long-lin
(born 1917, died 9 Jun 1999)
Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien]

Event Place
Birth Place Shanghai
Ordained Bishop Peking, Archdiocese of Beijing [Peking]

a priest for 48.4 years
a bishop for 17.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Zhong Huai-de †
Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
[Patriotic Bishop Michael Fu Tie-shan] †
Bishop of Beijing [Peking]
Archbishop Francis Wang Xueming (Wang Hsueh-ming) †
Archbishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan]
[Patriotic Archbishop Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou]
[Patriotic Bishop Michael Yang Gao-jian], O.S.A. †
Bishop of Changde [Changteh]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Co-Consecrator of:
[Patriotic Bishop John Zhu Fengqing] † (1988)
[Patriotic Bishop Joseph Liu Yuanren] † (1993)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17103175

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 20 Dec 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,770

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