Bishop Joseph Marie Yüen K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping) †

Deceased

Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Feb 1898		Born
24 Dec 1919	21.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Jun 1939	41.3	Appointed	Prefect of Chumatien [Zhumadian], China
9 Nov 1944	46.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Calydon
9 Nov 1944	46.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Chumatien [Zhumadian], China
4 Mar 1945	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Calydon
11 Apr 1946	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China
30 Jan 1969	70.9	Died	Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China

MicroData Summary
Joseph Marie Yüen K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping)
Bishop Joseph Marie Yüen K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping)
(born 18 Feb 1898, died 30 Jan 1969)
Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien]

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Shen-Chwang-Tanhsien
Ordained Bishop Peking
Death Place Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 49.0 years
a bishop for 23.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mario Zanin †
Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henry Ambrose Pinger, O.F.M. †
Titular Bishop of Capitolias
Bishop Louis Morel, C.I.C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Araxa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Kuo Joshih (Guo Ruoshi), C.D.D. † (1952)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q49085318

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1945, Number 8
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Jan 2020

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