Influence
- He greatly promoted devotion to Our Lady of China.
- Tien was the first Cardinal also from the Society of the Divine Word.
- The Holy See has not recognized any of CPCA-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 CPCA-appointed "bishops."
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