Bishop Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jun 1911		Born
1927	15.5	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
10 Aug 1935	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
10 Jun 1948	36.9	Appointed	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
24 Oct 1948	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
1955²	43.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
May 1983³	71.8	Resigned	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
9 Jul 1984	73.0	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
26 Oct 1985	74.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China

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

MicroData Summary for Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz
(WikiData: Q56271276)
Bishop Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz O.P. (born 17 Jun 1911, died 26 Oct 1985) Bishop Emeritus of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy]

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Paraná, Diocese of Oviedo, Spain
Ordained Priest New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Hong Kong, Diocese of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Death Place Oviedo, Archdiocese of Oviedo, Spain

a priest for 50.2 years
a bishop for 37.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel †
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Riberi †
Titular Archbishop of Dara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. †
Archbishop of Fuzhou [Foochow]
Bishop Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. †
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pedro Bantigue y Natividad † (1961)
Bishop José María Querejeta Mendizábal, C.M.F. † (1964)
Archbishop Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. † (1977)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 113
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Jan 2020
c1: CB, 22 Jan 2023

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