Diocese of Yan'an
| Diocese of Yan'an | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Xi'an |
| Diocesan bishop | John Baptist Yang Xiao-ting |
| founding | 1696 |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The Diocese of Yan'an ( lat. : Dioecesis Iennganensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Yan'an .
history
The diocese of Yan'an was founded on October 15, 1696 by Pope Innocent XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution E sublimi Sedis from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Nanking as the Apostolic Vicariate of Shaanxi . In 1712 the Apostolic Vicariate Shaanxi was renamed to Apostolic Vicariate Shaanxi and Shanxi after the area of the disbanded Apostolic Vicariate Shanxi was added. On February 3, 1844, the Apostolic Vicariate Shaanxi and Shanxi was divided into the Apostolic Vicariates Shaanxi and Shanxi . The Apostolic Vicariate Shaanxi gave on June 21, 1878 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate Gansu . On July 6, 1887, the Apostolic Vicariate Shaanxi was divided into the Apostolic Vicariates North Shaanxi and South Shaanxi . The Apostolic Vicariate of North Shaanxi gave on April 12, 1911 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Shaanxi . On December 3, 1924, the Northern Shaanxi Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate was renamed Yan'an Apostolic Vicariate .
The Apostolic Vicariate Yan'an 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 Xi'an as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Shaanxi and Shanxi
- Antonio Laghi OFM (1715-1727)
- Francesco Saraceni OFM (1727–1742)
- Eugenio Piloti OFM (1742–1756)
- Jean-Antoine Buocher OFM (1756-1760)
- Francesco Magni OFM (1763–1777)
- Nathaniel Bürger OFM , 1777–1778, then Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking
- Antonio Maria Sacconi OFM (1778–1785)
- Mariano Zaralli OFM (1787–1790)
- Crescenzio Cavalli OFM (1791 - December 24, 1791)
- Giovanni Battista di Mandello, OFM, 1792-1804
- Antonio Luigi Landi, OFM, 1804-1811
- Joachin Salvetti, OFM, 1815-1843
Vicars Apostolic of Shaanxi
- Alfonso-Maria di Donato OFM, 1844–1848
- Ephysius Chiais OFM, 1848-1884
- Pasquale Pagnucci OFM, 1884-1887
Vicars Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi
- Pasquale Pagnucci OFM, 1887-1901
- Clemente Coltelli, OFM, 1900-1901
- Odoricus Giuseppe Rizzi OFM, 1901-1905
- Athanasius Götte OFM, 1905–1908
- Auguste-Jean-Gabriel Maurice OFM, 1908–1911, then Vicar Apostolic of Central Shaanxi
- Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio OFM, 1911-1924
Vicars Apostolic of Yan'an
- Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio OFM, 1924-1946
Bishops of Yan'an
- Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio OFM, 1946-1949
- Pacificus Ly-Hsüan-te OFM, 1951-1972
- Sedis vacancy , 1972 - 2018
- John Baptist Yang Xiaoting , since September 22, 2018
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Yan'an on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 12, 2011.