Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.

Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca

Motto: Ipsi Cura Est

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jan 1932		Born
16 Aug 1949	17.5	First Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
16 Aug 1955	23.5	Solemn Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
11 Feb 1961	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
13 Sep 1996	64.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
9 Dec 1996	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
23 Sep 2002	70.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
20 Oct 2002	70.7	Installed	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
24 Mar 2006	74.1	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Mar 2006	74.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca
31 May 2006	74.3	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca
15 Apr 2009	77.2	Retired	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

MicroData Summary
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun
Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun S.D.B.
(born 13 Jan 1932)
Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Consistory - 2006: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - June 2008: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Shanghai, Vicariate Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing]
Ordained Priest Torino, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Immaculée Conception, Cathedral, Hong Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang].

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Maurilio Cardinal Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Principal Consecrator:
John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung †
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi †
Archbishop of Tōkyō
Archbishop Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †
Titular Archbishop of Africa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung † (1975)
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Luciano Capelli, S.D.B. (2007)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung † (2014)
Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang (2014)
Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M. (2014)
Stephen Cardinal Chow Sau-yan, S.J. (2021)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 49539147
WikiData: Q470052

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 15 Apr 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,869
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Deceased Cardinals (back)
firs/sole/loc: AM, 1 Aug 2018
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 26 Jan 2020

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