Bishop Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun) †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1926		Born
29 Jun 1953	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Taipei, Taiwan
23 Jan 1992	65.7	Appointed	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
11 Apr 1992	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
19 Nov 2001	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
17 Feb 2009	82.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan

MicroData Summary for Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun)
(WikiData: Q508147)
Bishop Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun) (born 9 Apr 1926, died 17 Feb 2009) Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien

Event Place
Birth Place U Wang
Ordained Bishop Hwalien, Diocese of Hwalien

a priest for 55.6 years
a bishop for 16.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. †
Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Ti-kang †
Archbishop of Taipei
Bishop Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. †
Bishop of Kaohsiung

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. † (1951)
Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton]
Bishop Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. † (1929)
Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi]
Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. † (1910)
Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis
Bishop Célestin-Félix-Joseph Chouvellon, M.E.P. † (1891)
Titular Bishop of Dausara
Bishop Félix Biet, M.E.P. † (1878)
Titular Bishop of Diana
Bishop Annet-Théophile Pinchon, M.E.P. † (1859)
Titular Bishop of Polemonium
Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818)
Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates
Archbishop François de Bovet †
Archbishop of Toulouse

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi (1998)

Event	Place
Birth Place	U Wang
Ordained Bishop	Hwalien, Diocese of Hwalien

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,666
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Necrology (back)
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Jan 2020

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