Diocese of Nanchong
| Diocese of Nanchong | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Chungking |
| Diocesan bishop | Giuseppe Chen Gong'ao |
| founding | 1929 |
| surface | 25,000 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Residents | 8,000,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Catholics | 19,442 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2002 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 23 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 748 |
| Religious sisters | 12 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| Website | http://www.nctzj.org/ |
The diocese of Nanchong ( Latin : Dioecesis Scioenchimensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Nanchong in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Vicariate Nancheng with the Breve Supremi Apostolatus on August 2, 1929 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Chengtu .
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946. From 1989 the official bishop was Monsignor Michael Huang Woze until his death on March 22, 2004. The diocese has around 70,000 Catholics and 15 priests.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Shunking
- Paul Wang Wen-cheng (December 2, 1929 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Nanchong
- Paul Wang Wen-cheng (April 11, 1946 - January 28, 1961)
- Fan Daojiang (1963–1988)
- Michael Huang Woze (1989-22 March 2004)
- Giuseppe Chen Gong´ao (* 1964, recognized by Rome and Beijing since September 22, 2018)