Bishop Louis Yu Ren Shen (Yu Runchen)

Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1931		Born
8 Dec 1957	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
1985²	53.0	Selected	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
30 Nov 1986	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
14 Sep 2009	77.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Louis Yu Ren Shen (Yu Runchen)
Bishop Louis Yu Ren Shen (Yu Runchen)
(born 1 Dec 1931)
Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung]

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Church, Beijing, Archdiocese of Beijing [Peking]

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Hanzhong [Hanchung].

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Zhong Huai-de †
Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
[Patriotic Bishop Francis Lu Shouwang] † (2007)
Bishop John Baptist Yang Xiaoting (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Li Duan † (1987)
Bishop Joseph Wang Zhenye † (1991)
Bishop John Baptist Ye Ronghua † (2000)
Archbishop Joseph Ma Yinglin (2006)
Bishop Paul Xiao Zejiang (2007)
Bishop Vincent Zhu Weifang † (2009)
Bishop Joseph Han Yingjin (2010)
Bishop John Wang Xiaoxun (2016)
Bishop Stephen Xu Hongwei (2019)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1872057

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 20 Dec 2019
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 103, Number 8,956

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