[Patriotic Bishop Matthew Yu Cheng-cai] †

Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association

Not in Union with the Holy See

Deceased

Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Aug 1917		Born
1946²	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Apr 1958³	40.6	Selected	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
15 Nov 1959	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
18 Mar 2006	88.5	Died	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China

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

MicroData Summary
Matthew Yu Cheng-cai
Bishop Matthew Yu Cheng-cai
(born 27 Aug 1917, died 18 Mar 2006)
Bishop of Haimen [Haimen]

Event Place
Birth Place Shanghai
Ordained Bishop Nanjing, Archdiocese of Nanjing [Nanking]
Death Place Nantong

a priest for 60.2 years
a bishop for 46.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih †
Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (Chao Cheng-sheng), S.J. †
Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien]
Bishop Joseph Zhou Yi-zhai (Zhou Yizhou) †
Bishop of Bengbu [Pengpu, Peng-Fou]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Matthew Cao Xiangde † (2000)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
[Patriotic Bishop John Zhu Fengqing] † (1988)
[Patriotic Bishop Joseph Liu Yuanren] † (1993)
Bishop Francis Xavier Lu Zinping (Lu Xinping) (2000)
Bishop John Baptist Su Changshan † (2000)
Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu (2000)
Bishop Peter Fang Jianping (2000)
Bishop Andrew Jin Daoyuan † (2000)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17114113

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Dec 2019
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14*, Number 34
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Number 13,071

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