Archdiocese of Chongqing

Cathedral of St. Joseph

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chongqing (Latin Archidioecesis Ciomchimensis ) located in the People's Republic of China was founded on April 2, 1856 as the Apostolic Vicariate Se-Ciuen and changed its name to Chungking on December 3, 1924. The office is in Chongqing .

When it was elevated to an archbishopric on April 11, 1946, the 350,000 km² diocese in 1950 had 37,608 Catholics (0.3%) in 42 parishes with 42 diocesan priests , 6 friars and 114 religious sisters.

The archbishop is metropolitan of the dioceses of Chengdu , Kangding , Kiating , Xichang , Nanchong , Yibin , Wanzhou . Today the Archdiocese is sede vacante .

Vicars Apostolic

• Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, MEP (1856-1883)
• Eugène-Paul Coupat, MEP (1883–1890)
• Célestin-Félix-Joseph Chouvellon, MEP (1891–1924)

Archbishops

• Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, MEP (Vicar Apostolic: 1925; Archbishop: 1946–1950)
• Counter Archbishop Shi Ming-liang (石明良) (1963-1978)
• Counter Archbishop Simon Liu Zong-yu (1981-1992)
• Peter Luo Bei-zhan (1993-2001).
• Sedis vacancy (since 2001)

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in China