Diocese of Changde
Diocese of Changde | |
Basic data | |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Metropolitan bishopric | Changsha Archdiocese |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
Apostolic Administrator | Methodius Qu Ai-lin |
founding | 1879 |
surface | 10,000 km² |
Parishes | 6 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
Residents | 3,200,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
Catholics | 6,690 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
proportion of | 0.2% |
Diocesan priest | 4 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
Religious priest | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
Catholics per priest | 558 |
Friars | 5 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
Religious sisters | 4 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
cathedral | Immaculate Conception |
The diocese Changde ( lat. : Dioecesis Ciamteanus ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Changde .
history
The diocese of Changde was on September 19, 1879 by Pope Leo XIII. established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan . On December 3, 1924 was Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan in apostolic vicariate Changde renamed.
The Apostolic Vicariate Changde was on April 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Changsha as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Hunan
- Elías Suárez OSA , 1879-1884
- Saturnino de La Torre Merino OSA, 1884-1896
- Luis Pérez y Pérez OSA, 1896-1910
- Juvencio Joan Hospital de la Puebla OSA, 1911-1917
- Angel Diego y Carbajal OSA, 1917-1924
Vicars Apostolic of Changde
- Angel Diego y Carbajal OSA, 1924-1938
- Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote OSA, 1939-1946
Bishops of Changde
- Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote OSA, 1946-1965
- Sedis vacancy , since 1965
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Changde on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 16, 2011.