Diocese of Chongli-Xiwanzi
| Diocese of Chongli-Xiwanzi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Suiyuan |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1840 |
| surface | 250,000 km² |
| Residents | 700,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 40,725 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 5.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 33 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 39 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 566 |
| Religious sisters | 83 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | 西 湾 子 主教 座 堂 |
The Diocese of Chongli-Xiwanzi ( Latin : Dioecesis Sivanzeanus ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Chongli in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Gregory XVI founded the Apostolic Vicariate Mongolia with the Breve Cum per similes on August 28, 1840 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Liaodong . It took the name Apostolic Vicariate of Central Mongolia on December 21, 1883.
On March 14, 1922, it took the name Apostolic Vicariate Chahar and on December 3, 1924 the name Apostolic Vicariate Siwantze . With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
In 1980 the Chinese government united the dioceses of Xiwanzi and Xuanhua to form the diocese of Zhangjiakou , which was not recognized by the Holy See . Auxiliary Bishop Leo Yao Liang , secretly ordained a priest in 2002, served as the diocese's aid, had been arrested repeatedly for refusing to join the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association . He died on December 30, 2009.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- December 21, 1883 to the Vicariate Apostolic of Southwest Mongolia ;
- December 21, 1883 to the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Mongolia ;
- March 14, 1922 to the Mission sui juris Urga ;
- February 8, 1929 to the Apostolic Vicariate of Tsining .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Mongolia
- Joseph-Martial Mouly CM (23 August 1840 - 28 April 1846, then Apostolic Administrator of Beijing )
- Florent Daguin CM (July 17, 1857 - May 9, 1859)
- Jacques Bax C.ICM (October 22, 1874 - December 21, 1883)
Vicars Apostolic of Central Mongolia
- Jacques Bax CICM (December 21, 1883 - January 4, 1895)
- Jerome Van Aertselaer CICM (May 1, 1898 - March 14, 1922)
Vicars Apostolic of Chahar
- Jerome Van Aertselaer CICM (March 14, 1922 - January 12, 1924)
- Everard ter Laak CICM (January 12, 1924 - December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Siwantze
- Everard ter Laak CICM (December 3, 1924 - May 5, 1931)
- Leon Jean Marie De Smedt CICM (December 14, 1931 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Chongli-Xiwanzi
- Leon Jean Marie De Smedt CICM (April 11, 1946 - November 24, 1951)
- Melchior Chang Ko-Hing (November 24, 1951 - November 6, 1988)
- Pan Shao-qing (1958-)