Bishop Ignatius Wang Chung Chang

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA

Titular Bishop of Sitipa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Feb 1934		Born
4 Jul 1959	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jian’ou [Kienow, Kienning], China
13 Dec 2002	68.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
13 Dec 2002	68.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sitipa
30 Jan 2003	68.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sitipa
16 May 2009	75.2	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA

MicroData Summary
Ignatius Wang Chung Chang
Bishop Ignatius Wang Chung Chang
(born 27 Feb 1934)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco

Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Peking, Vicariate Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China
Ordained Priest St. Francis of Assisi, Church, Shamshuipo, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Julian Oste, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop of Jinzhou [Jehol]
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Joseph Levada †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath †
Bishop of San Jose in California
Bishop John Charles Wester
Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Joseph Levada † (1983)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Timothy Finbar Cardinal Manning † (1946)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)
Titular Bishop of Sanavus
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
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: Q529669

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 16 May 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 170, Number 14,323
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: CB, 13 Jun 2022

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