Thomas Tien Ken-sin
His Eminence Thomas Tien Ken-hsin SVD | |
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Chiayi City | |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Parents | Kilian Tien Ken-sin Maria Yang |
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| Informal style | Cardinal |
Thomas Tien Ken-sin,
cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII
.
Biography
Thomas Tien Ken-sin was born in Chantsui,
Apostolic Prefect
of Yangku on February 2, 1934.
On July 11, 1939, Tien was appointed
episcopal consecration on the following October 29 from Pope Pius XII himself, with Archbishops Celso Constantini and Henri Streicher, MAfr, serving as co-consecrators. Tien was later made Apostolic Vicar of Qingdao
on November 10, 1942.
He was elevated to
1963 papal conclave, which selected Pope Paul VI
.
Tien died in Taipei on July 24, 1967, at age 76. He is buried in the St. Joseph the Wonder Worker Church at Chiayi City.
Influence
- He greatly promoted devotion to Our Lady of China.[3]
- Tien was the first Cardinal also from the Society of the Divine Word.
- The Holy See has not recognized any of CPA-approved successors of Tien as Archbishop of Peking, though in his 2007 letter to the faithful in China, Pope Benedict XVI expressed an openness to dialogue with the CPA-appointed "bishops".
References
- Archbishop of Pekingfor further details.
- ^ TIME Magazine. Red Hats February 11, 1957
- ^ Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The Great Upper Church Archived 2008-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- SVD Hagiography [1]
- Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
- Catholic-Hierarchy
- Tien's Appointment to Taipei
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