[Patriotic Bishop Lawrence Zhang Wen-bin] †

Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association

Not in Union with the Holy See

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China

Note(s): (Weinan)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 May 1915		Born
1943²	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
1952²	36.5	Selected	Administrator of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
1981²	65.5	Selected	Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
24 Jul 1981	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
2000²	84.5	Resigned	Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
24 Dec 2002	87.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Lawrence Zhang Wen-bin
Bishop Lawrence Zhang Wen-bin
(born 30 May 1915, died 24 Dec 2002)
Bishop Emeritus of Tongzhou [Tungchow]

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Peking, Archdiocese of Beijing [Peking]

a priest for 59.9 years
a bishop for 21.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Zhong Huai-de †
Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
[Patriotic Bishop Michael Fu Tie-shan] †
Bishop of Beijing [Peking]
Archbishop Francis Wang Xueming (Wang Hsueh-ming) †
Archbishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan]
[Patriotic Archbishop Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou]
[Patriotic Bishop Michael Yang Gao-jian], O.S.A. †
Bishop of Changde [Changteh]

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:
Bishop Philipp Ma Qi (Ma Ji) † (1987)
Bishop Anthony Li Duan † (1987)
Bishop John Crisostome Lan Shi † (2000)
Bishop Joseph Tong Changping (2002)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
[Patriotic Bishop Thaddeus Guo Yingong] † (1990)
Bishop Bonaventura Luo Juan (Luo Jung) † (1990)
Bishop Joseph Wang Zhenye † (1991)
Bishop Francis Tong Hui † (1994)
Bishop Alphonse Yang Guang Yan † (1995)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17114145

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 20 Dec 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,772

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