Melchior Sun De-zhen
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Melchior Sun Dezhen, C.M. or Melchior Sun Souen was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Anguo, Titular Bishop of Esbus, and Prefect of Lihsien.
Melchior Sun De Zhen in 1926.
Philippus Zhao Huaiyi
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Philippus Zhao Huaiyi was one of the first six Chinese Catholic bishops of modern times.
Melchior Sun De-zhen
…and Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia, serving as co-consecrators. Sun and five other Chinese priests (Philippus Zhao Huaiyi, Simon Zhu Kaimin, Odoric Cheng Hede, Joseph Hu Ruoshan, and Aloysius Chen Guodi) were consecrated in Rome and became the first Chinese Catholic Bishops…
Philippus Zhao Huaiyi in December 1926. Autochrome by Georges Chevalier.