Bishop Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jun 1920		Born
22 Apr 1945	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
1982²	61.5	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
1992²	71.5	Selected	Administrator of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
Dec 1992³	72.4	Selected	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
18 May 1993	72.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
15 Aug 2005	85.1	Died	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China

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

MicroData Summary
Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu)
Bishop Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu) S.V.D.
(born 14 Jun 1920, died 15 Aug 2005)
Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow]

Event Place
Birth Place Jinan
Ordained Bishop Sacré Coeur de Jésus, Church, Jinan, Archdiocese of Jinan [Tsinan]
Death Place near Tengzhou City

a priest for 60.3 years
a bishop for 12.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Zhong Huai-de †
Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Samuel Guo Chuan-zhen, O.F.M. †
Auxiliary Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan]
Bishop Joseph Ma Xue-sheng †
Auxiliary Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun]

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 John (Roman) Fang Xing Yao (1997)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Li Mingshu † (2000)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2428346

Source(s):

b: Bishops-In-China.com, 21 Dec 2019
firs: Index Defunctorum Societatis Verbi Divini 1875-2010, Page 24
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 153, Number 13,422
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Number 13,311
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,206

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