Bishop John Baptist Ye Ronghua †

Deceased

Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jun 1931³		Born
10 Dec 1981	50.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
1987²	55.5	Appointed	Administrator of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
10 Dec 2000	69.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
28 Aug 2022	91.1	Died	Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu], China

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

MicroData Summary
John Baptist Ye Ronghua
Bishop John Baptist Ye Ronghua
(born 19 Jun 1931, died 28 Aug 2022)
Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu]

Event Place
Birth Place Shankou Village, Vicariate Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong] (Hanchungfu)
Ordained Bishop Ankang, Prefecture Apostolic of Ankang [Hinganfu]

a priest for 40.7 years
a bishop for 21.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Casimir Wang Milu †
Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow]
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Anthony Li Duan †
Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Zhong Huai-de †
Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]
Bishop Louis Yu Ren Shen (Yu Runchen)
Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Anthony Li Duan † (1987)
Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An]
Bishop Lawrence Zhang Wen-bin † (1981)
Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow]
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17114093

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Jan 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,877
bp/c1/d: CB, 29 Aug 2022
bp/c1/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 253, Additions/Corrections (front)
op: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 254, Additions/Corrections (front)

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