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Sebastian Cardinal Francis

Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae

Motto: Fiat Voluntas Tua

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Johor Bahru
Ordained Bishop	Saint Anne, Church, Bukit Mertajam

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Penang. a priest for years a bishop for years a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J. Bishop of Melaka-Johor Bishop Antony Selvanayagam Bishop Emeritus of Penang

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (1995) Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Archbishop Anthony Soter Fernandez † (1978) Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean † (1968) Archbishop of Singapore Archbishop Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. † (1947) Archbishop of Malacca-Singapore Bishop Frédéric-Joseph-Marie Provost, M.E.P. † (1929) Titular Bishop of Macri Bishop Pierre-Louis Perrichon, M.E.P. † (1921) Titular Bishop of Corone Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P. † (1902) Titular Bishop of Panemotichus Bishop Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. † (1887) Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. † (1881) Titular Bishop of Tenedus Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. † (1872) Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis Bishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. † (1844) Titular Bishop of Sinitis Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818) Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Archbishop François de Bovet † Archbishop of Toulouse

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Anthony Bernard Paul (2016)

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