Diocese of Kangding
| Diocese of Kangding | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Chongqing |
| Diocesan bishop | John Baptist Wang Ruohan |
| founding | 1846 |
| surface | 160,000 km² |
| Parishes | 38 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 4,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 5,870 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 6 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 367 |
| Religious sisters | 30 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The diocese of Kangding ( lat . : Dioecesis Camtimensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Kangding in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Gregory XVI founded the Apostolic Vicariate Lhasa with the Breve Ex debito on March 2, 1844 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Sichuan . The evangelization was the Paris Mission entrusted. On July 28, 1868, it took the name, Vicariate Apostolic Tibet , and on December 3, 1924, the name Tatsienlu Apostolic Vicariate .
On February 15, 1929, it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Mission sui juris Sikkim . With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Lhasa
- Ignatius Camillus William Mary Peter Persico OFMCap (1856–1860)
- Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures MEP (1857–1864)
- Joseph-Marie Chauveau MEP (1864–1868)
Vicars Apostolic of Tibet
- Joseph-Marie Chauveau MEP (1868–1877)
- Félix Biet MEP (1878–1901)
- Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau MEP (1901-1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Tatsienlu
- Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau MEP (1924–1936)
- Pierre-Sylvain Valentin MEP (1936–1946)
Bishop of Kangding
- Pierre-Sylvain Valentin MEP (1946–1962)
- Sedis vacancy (1962 - 2010)
- John Baptist Wang Ruohan (since 2010)