Yichang diocese
| Yichang diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hankow |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1870 |
| surface | 28,000 km² |
| Parishes | 156 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 5,000,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 15,078 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 42 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 265 |
| Friars | 42 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 77 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | St. Francis |
The Diocese of Yichang ( lat. : Dioecesis Iciamensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Yichang .
history
The diocese of Yichang was established on September 2, 1870 as a result of the division of the Apostolic Vicariate Hubei into the Apostolic Vicariates of Northwest Hubei , Southwest Hubei and East Hubei. The Apostolic Vicariate of Southwest Hubei was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Yichang on December 3, 1924 . On July 6, 1936, the Vicariate Apostolic Yichang gave parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Shashi . Another cession took place on June 14, 1938 to found the Apostolic Vicariate Shinan .
The Apostolic Vicariate Yichang 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 Hankow as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Southwest Hubei
- Alessio Maria Filippi, OFM , 1870–1888
- Benjamin Christiaens OFM, 1889-1899
- Theotimus Jozef Verhaegen OFM, 1900–1904
- Modestus Johannes-Baptiste Everaerts OFM, 1904–1912
- Trudo Johannes Jans OFM, 1923-1924
Vicars Apostolic of Yichang
- Trudo Johannes Jans OFM, 1924–1929
- Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, OFM, 1930-1946
Bishops of Yichang
- Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels OFM, 1946–1950
- Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian OFM, 1959-2005
- Sedis vacancy , since 2005
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Yichang on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 4, 2011.