Bishop Bosco Lin Chi-nan

Bishop Emeritus of Tainan, Taiwan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1943		Born
6 Jan 1973	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Sep 1992	49.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
28 Sep 1992	49.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Alexanum
2 Jan 1993	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Alexanum
24 Jan 2004	60.6	Appointed	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan
14 Nov 2020	77.5	Retired	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan
19 Jun 2021	78.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Tainan, Taiwan
24 Jun 2023	80.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Tainan, Taiwan

MicroData Summary for Bosco Lin Chi-nan
(WikiData: Q894400)
Bishop Bosco Lin Chi-nan (born 14 May 1943) Bishop Emeritus of Tainan

Ad Limina - December 2008: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Pingtung
Ordained Bishop Wentsao Ursuline Junior College of Modern Languages, Kaohsiung, Diocese of Kaohsiung

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Tainan.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. †
Bishop of Kaohsiung
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen †
Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei
Bishop Joseph Lin Tianzhu (Liu Thien-chu) †
Bishop of Kiayi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. † (1980)
Bishop of Kaohsiung
Archbishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen † (1970)
Archbishop of Taipei
Paul Cardinal Y� Pin (Yu Bin) † (1936)
Archbishop of Nanjing [Nanking]
Archbishop Mario Zanin † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
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-Fran�ois) 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 Consecrator of:
Bishop John Lee Juo-Wang (2021)
Bishop John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M. (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Philip Huang Chao-ming (1998)
Archbishop Thomas Chung An-zu (2006)

Source(s):

ob/c2 : Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133, Number 11,993
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 211, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Jan 2020
r: Bollettino, 14 Nov 2020
aadm: Bollettino, 19 Jun 2021
aadm: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 113, Page 722

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