Bishop Evarist Zhang (Chang) Zhiliang †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China

Titular Bishop of Cotenna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Mar 1887		Born
28 Dec 1917	30.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Feb 1929	41.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China
2 Feb 1929	41.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cotenna
14 Apr 1929	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cotenna
26 May 1932	45.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China

MicroData Summary
Evarist Zhang (Chang) Zhiliang
Bishop Evarist Zhang (Chang) Zhiliang
(born 15 Mar 1887, died 26 May 1932)
Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining]

Event Place
Birth Place Lantzechan, Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
Ordained Bishop Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Tsining, Vicariate Apostolic of Tsining [Jining]

a priest for 14.4 years
a bishop for 3.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
Bishop Auguste Alphonse Pierre Haouisée, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Cercina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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:
Bishop Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. † (1932)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64778421

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1933
op/ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1929, Number 29
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Jan 2020

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