Title

The First Six Bishops

Creator

Preview

Date

October 28, 1926

Description

The first six Chinese bishops of modern times after their consecration, photograph taken with Bishop Francesco Marquetti, Secretary of Propaganda Fide, Cardinal Willem Van Rossum, Prefect of Propaganda Fide and Archbishop Celso Costantini, Papal delegate to China. The three new Chinese bishops from left to right: Joseph Hu Ruoshan 胡若山 for the vicariate apostolic of Taizhou 台州 in Zhejiang; Simon Zhu Kaimin 朱開敏 for the vicariate apostolic of Haimen 海门 in Jiangsu; Philip Zhao Huaiyi 趙懷義 for the vicariate apostolic of Xuanhua 宣化 in Hebei. The three new Chinese bishops from right to left: Melchior Sun Dezhen 孫德禎 for the prefecture apostolic of Lixian 蠡县 in Hebei; Odoric Cheng Hede 成和德 for the prefecture apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 in Hubei; Aloysius Chen Guodi 陳國砥 for the vicariate apostolic of Fenyang 汾阳 in Shanxi.

Location

Rome

Date Digitized

1-1-2017

Document Type

Image

File Name

Album15_001.jpg

Format

image/jpeg

Preferred Citation

"The First Six Bishops" Whitworth University (2017). Album 15: SAM and Chinese Students in Europe, 1929-1931. Paper 1.
https://digitalcommons.whitworth.edu/album15/1

Rights Statement

Société des Auxiliaires des Missions holds the proprietary right of the content of the project. All inquiries regarding the digitized photographs should be sent to Dr. Jean-Paul Wiest as director of the project and to Dr. Amanda Clark who supervises the webpage and the content therein.

Contributor

Société des Auxiliaires des Missions