Xichang diocese
| Xichang diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Chongqing |
| Diocesan bishop | John Lei Jiaipei |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 120,000 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 2,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 11,143 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 33 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 318 |
| Friars | 6 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 36 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The diocese of Xichang ( Latin : Dioecesis Nimiuenensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese that has been vacant for over 50 years and is based in Xichang in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius X. founded the Apostolic Prefecture Siangyang with the Breve Ex hac on August 12, 1910 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of South Sichuan . On December 3, 1924, it took the name, Vicariate Apostolic Ningyüanfu .
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos she was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Kienchang
- Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guebriant M.EP (August 12, 1910 - April 28, 1916, then Vicar Apostolic of Canton )
- Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain MEP (March 31, 1918 - December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Ningyüanfu
- Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain MEP (December 3, 1924 - September 30, 1925)
- Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry MEP (March 18, 1927 - April 11, 1946)
Bishop of Xichang
- Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry MEP (April 11, 1946 - August 6, 1954)
- Michael Xie Chaogang (1991-1999)
- John Lei Jiapei (September 22, 2018 - present)