Bishop Joseph Xu Honggen

Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1962²		Born
1990²	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
Dec 1999³	37.9	Selected	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien], China
20 Apr 2006	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Joseph Xu Honggen
Bishop Joseph Xu Honggen
(born 1962)
Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien]

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs, Cathedral, Suzhou, Diocese of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien]

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Suzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien].

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John (Roman) Fang Xing Yao
Bishop of Linyi [Ichow]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Li Mingshu †
Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao]
Bishop Joseph Ma Xue-sheng †
Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John (Roman) Fang Xing Yao (1997)
Bishop of Linyi [Ichow]
Bishop Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. † (1993)
Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow]
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:
Bishop John Wang Renlei (2006)
Bishop Joseph Shen Bin (2010)
Bishop Joseph Cai Bingrui (2010)
Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin (2012)
Bishop Ignatius Wu Jianlin (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17114080

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Jan 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 185, Number 15,135

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