John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung †

Deceased

Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Mar 1925		Born
6 Jul 1952	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hsinchu, Taiwan
5 Apr 1975	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
25 Jul 1975	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
28 Jun 1988	63.2	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	63.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano
23 Sep 2002	77.4	Died	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

MicroData Summary
John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung
John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung
(born 26 Mar 1925, died 23 Sep 2002)
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Ho Hau, Vicariate Apostolic of Swatow [Shantou]
Ordained Priest Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Hong Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Hong Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Death Place Queen Mary, Hospital, Hong Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Buried Place (Original) St. Michael's Catholic, Cemetery, Happy Valley, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

a priest for 50.2 years
a bishop for 27.1 years
a cardinal for 14.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Antonio Riberi †
Titular Archbishop of Dara
Principal Consecrator:
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi †
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Pao Zin Tou (Tou Pao-zin) †
Bishop of Hsinchu
Bishop Frederick Anthony Donaghy, M.M. †
Bishop of Wuzhou [Wuchow]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. (1982)
Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M. (1990)
Stephen Cardinal Chow Sau-yan, S.J. (1994)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa † (1976)
Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. (1996)
John Cardinal Tong Hon (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung † (1987)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 51459187
WikiData: Q717821

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Jan 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 37, Number 2,227

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