Xianxian diocese
| Xianxian diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beijing |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Li Lian-gui |
| founding | 1856 |
| surface | 8,400 km² |
| Parishes | 221 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 2,200,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 62,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 2.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 84 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 521 |
| Friars | 135 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 85 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Dazhangzhuang Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.xianxiancc.org/ |
The Diocese of Xianxian ( Latin Dioecesis Scienscienensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Xianxian in the People's Republic of China .
history
Xian was the seat of the Catholic Mission of the Jesuits (SJ), which later also provided all bishops.
Pope Pius IX founded the Apostolic Vicariate of Southeast Zhili on May 30, 1856 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of North Zhili or Beijing . On December 3, 1924, it took the name of the Vicariate Apostolic of Siena .
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following Apostolic Prefectures :
- May 24, 1929 to Yongnian Apostolic Prefecture ;
- March 11, 1935 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Daming ;
- April 24, 1939 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Kinghsia .
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946. The Chinese government named it the Diocese of Cangzhou . In 2006 the diocese celebrated the 150th anniversary of its foundation. In 2005 it had 75,000 Catholics, 206 churches and chapels, and nearly 100 priests.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Southeast Zhili
- Adrien-Hyppolyte Languillat S.J. (May 30, 1856 - September 9, 1864, then Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan )
- Edouard-Auguste Dubar SJ (September 6, 1864 - July 1, 1878)
- Henri-Joseph Bulté CM (March 23, 1880 - October 14, 1900)
- Henri Maquet SJ (July 20, 1901 - December 23, 1919)
- Henri Lécroart SJ (December 23, 1919 - December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Siena
- Henri Lécroart SJ (December 3, 1924 - December 2, 1936)
- Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng SJ (December 2, 1937 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Xianxian
- Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng SJ (April 11, 1946–1970)
- John Liu Ding-han SJ (1982-September 1998) (Bishop of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association )
- Paul Li Zhen-rong SJ (1983-20 April 1992) (Underground Bishop)
- Paul Song Wei-li CM (May 6, 1994 - July 20, 1996) (Bishop of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association)
- Peter Hou Jing-wen (September 1998 - October 23, 1999) (Bishop of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association)
- Joseph Li Lian-gui (underground bishop since March 20, 2000, now also recognized by Beijing)
