His Eminence Thomas Tien Ken-hsin SVD | |
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Cardinal, Archbishop of Beijing | |
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Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Beijing |
Province | Hopeh |
See | Beijing |
Installed | 1946 |
Term ended | July 24, 1967 |
Predecessor | Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne |
Successor | Matthias Pei Shang-de |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via |
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Orders | |
Ordination | June 9, 1918 |
Consecration | October 29, 1939 |
Created cardinal | February 18, 1946 by Pope Pius XII |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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Born | |
Died | July 24, 1967 Taipei, Taiwan | (aged 76)
Buried | St. Joseph the Wonder Worker Church (Cardinal Tien Memorial Church), Chiayi City |
Nationality | Chinese |
Parents | Kilian Tien Ken-sin Maria Yang |
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Styles of Thomas Tien Ken-sin | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Thomas Tien Ken-sin, SVD (Chinese: 田耕莘; pinyin: Tián Gēngxīn; October 24, 1890 – July 24, 1967) was a Chinese Cardinal of the Catholic Church and chair of Fu Jen Catholic University. He served as Archbishop of Peking from 1946 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.