Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M.

Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

Titular Bishop of Simitthu

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Mar 1959		Born
27 Aug 1988	29.4	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
9 Sep 1990	31.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
11 Jul 2014	55.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
11 Jul 2014	55.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Simitthu
30 Aug 2014	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Simitthu

MicroData Summary
Joseph Ha Chi-shing
Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing O.F.M.
(born 4 Mar 1959)
Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Ad Limina - June 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Hong Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Hong Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang].

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung †
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Principal Consecrator:
John Cardinal Tong Hon
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.
Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.
Titular Archbishop of Sila

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Cardinal Tong Hon (1996)
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung † (1975)
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Stephen Cardinal Chow Sau-yan, S.J. (2021)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q17352810

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 Jul 2014
ob/c2: CB, 14 Jul 2014
c34: CB, 30 Aug 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 220, Number 18,282
c1: CB, 3 Mar 2015
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 8 Jan 2020

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