Most Reverend

Melchior Sun De-zhen
Vicar Apostolic of Anguo
Melchior Sun De Zhen in 1926.
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1929–1936
PredecessorNone
SuccessorJohn Baptist Wang Tseng-yi
Orders
Ordination24 Jan 1897
Consecration28 Oct 1926
by Pope Pius XI
Personal details
Born19 Nov 1869
Beijing, China
Died23 Aug 1951 (age 81)

Melchior Sun Dezhen, C.M. or Melchior Sun Souen (Chinese: 孫德禎) (1869–1951) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Anguo (1929–1936), Titular Bishop of Esbus (1926–1929), and Prefect of Lihsien (1924–1926).

Biography

Melchior Sun Dezhen was born in Beijing, China on 19 Nov 1869 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of the Mission on 24 Jan 1897.[1][2] On 15 Apr 1924, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius XI as the first Prefect of Lihsien and installed on 17 Jul 1924.[1] On 24 Jun 1926, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius XI as Titular Bishop of Esbus and on 28 Oct 1926, he was consecrated bishop by Pope Pius XI, with Carlo Cremonesi, Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia, and Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia, serving as co-consecrators.[1] On 15 Jul 1929, he was elevated during the papacy of Pope Pius XI as Vicar Apostolic of Anguo after the Prefecture was promoted to an Apostolic Vicariate.[1] He served as Vicar Apostolic of Anguo until his resignation on 7 Feb 1936.[1] He died on 23 Aug 1951.[1]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[1]

and the principal co-consecrator of:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen), C.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  2. ↑ Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Anguo 安國 (China)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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