Melchior Sun De-zhen

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 (1926–1951), and Prefect of Lihsien (1924–1926).

Biography Melchior Sun Dezhen was born in Beijing, China on 19 November 1869 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of the Mission on 24 January 1897. Sun was a diocesan priest in Beijing. He taught Latin for 12 years in the Beijing seminary and then worked as a missionary in rural China. He died in 1951.

Episcopal succession While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: John Baptist Wang Zeng-yi (John Baptist Wang Tseng-yi) (Uamzemi), Titular Bishop of Lamia and Vicar Apostolic of Anguo (1938); and the principal co-consecrator of: Peter Cheng You-you (Pierre Tcheng), Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina and Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu (1928); John Zhang Bi-de (John Chang Pi-te), Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos and Vicar Apostolic of Chaohsien (1932); and Peter Wang Mu-duo (Peter Wang Mu-To), Bishop of Xuanhua (1948).