Thomas Cardinal Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Oct 1890		Born
9 Jun 1918	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Mar 1929	38.3	Entered	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
2 Feb 1931	40.2	First Vows	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
23 Feb 1934	43.3	Appointed	Prefect of Yangku [Yanggu], China
7 Mar 1934	43.3	Final Vows	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
11 Jul 1939	48.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ruspae
11 Jul 1939	48.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Yangku [Yanggu], China
29 Oct 1939	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ruspae
10 Nov 1942	52.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China
18 Feb 1946	55.3	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 1946	55.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
11 Apr 1946	55.4	Appointed	Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
10 May 1946	55.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China
20 Dec 1959	69.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Taipei, Taiwan
15 Feb 1966	75.3	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Taipei, Taiwan
24 Jul 1967	76.7	Died	Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China

MicroData Summary for Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing)
(VIAF: 77108923; WikiData: Q698160)
Thomas Cardinal Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing) S.V.D. (born 24 Oct 1890, died 24 Jul 1967) Archbishop of Beijing [Peking]

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Changtsiu, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale}
Ordained Bishop Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place St. Martin de Porres, Hospital, Chiayi, Taipeh, Archdiocese of Taipei, Taiwan
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Taipeh, Archdiocese of Taipei, Taiwan
Buried Place (Current) Cardinal Tien Memorial Chapel, SVD Mission Station, Chiayi, Archdiocese of Taipei, Taiwan

a priest for 49.1 years
a bishop for 27.7 years
a cardinal for 21.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Augustin Henninghaus, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Hypaepa
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pius XII
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †
Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia
Archbishop Henri Streicher, M. Afr. †
Titular Archbishop of Brysis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Thomas Niu Huiqing (Niu Hui-ching) † (1943)
Bishop Peter Wang Muduo (Wang Mu-to) † (1948)
Bishop Augustin Olbert, S.V.D. † (1948)
Bishop Paul Ch’eng Shih-kuang † (1960)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Changtsiu, Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale}
Ordained Bishop	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	St. Martin de Porres, Hospital, Chiayi, Taipeh, Archdiocese of Taipei, Taiwan
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Taipeh, Archdiocese of Taipei, Taiwan
Buried Place (Current)	Cardinal Tien Memorial Chapel, SVD Mission Station, Chiayi, Archdiocese of Taipei, Taiwan

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1939, Number 65
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Jan 2020
firs/fina: Index Defunctorum Societatis Verbi Divini 1875-2010, Page 111

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