Bishop Francis Yi Xuanhua (Yi Hsüan-hua) †

Deceased

Bishop of Xiangyang [Siangyang], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Nov 1900		Born
14 Feb 1926	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 May 1936	35.5	Appointed	Prefect of Siangyang [Xiangyang], China
10 May 1951	50.4	Appointed	Bishop of Xiangyang [Siangyang], China
7 Feb 1952	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Xiangyang [Siangyang], China
1974²	73.1	Died	Bishop of Xiangyang [Siangyang], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Francis Yi Xuanhua (Yi Hsüan-hua)
Bishop Francis Yi Xuanhua (Yi Hsüan-hua)
(born 18 Nov 1900, died 1974)
Bishop of Xiangyang [Siangyang]

Event Place
Birth Place Chayüankow
Ordained Bishop Siangyang

a priest for 47.8 years
a bishop for 21.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Li Taonan (Li Daonan) †
Bishop of Puqi [Puchi]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Li Taonan (Li Daonan) † (1951)
Bishop of Puqi [Puchi]
Archbishop Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. † (1946)
Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou]
Archbishop Paul Yü Pin (Yu Bin) † (1936)
Archbishop of Nanjing [Nanking]
Archbishop Mario Zanin † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
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 Consecrator of:
[Patriotic Archbishop Paul Kong Ling-zhong], P.S.S. † (1958)
[Patriotic Archbishop Chen Yuencai] † (1958)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
[Patriotic Bishop Stephan He Chunming] † (1962)
[Patriotic Bishop Andrew Liu An-zhi (Li Anchi)], C.M. † (1962)
[Patriotic Bishop Li De-hua] † (1962)
[Patriotic Bishop Joseph Lin Quan] † (1962)
[Patriotic Bishop Anthony Gao Yong] † (1962)
[Patriotic Bishop Joseph Ye Yin-yun] † (1962)
[Patriotic Bishop John Xia Xue-qian] † (1962)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17114097

Source(s):

b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 10
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Jan 2020
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 44, Number 3,008

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