Archdiocese of Kunming
| Archdiocese of Kunming | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Ma Ying-lin |
| surface | 150,000 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 8,000,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 10,025 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 40 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 218 |
| Friars | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 42 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Website | catholicyn.org |
| Suffragan dioceses | Diocese of Tali |
The Archdiocese of Kunming ( Latin : Archidioecesis Coenmimensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Kunming in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Innocent XII. founded the Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnan with the Breve E sublimi Sedis on October 15, 1696 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Nanking . In 1715 it was dissolved and its territory was given to the Apostolic Vicariate of Sichuan .
With the Breve Cum ad augendam it was restored on August 28, 1840. It took the name of Apostolic Vicariate Yunnanfu on December 3, 1924. With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was elevated to the Metropolitan Archbishopric on April 11, 1946 .
Official Bishop Joseph Ma Ying-lin was consecrated on April 30, 2006 ; this consecration led to a protest note from the Holy See because the consecration took place without a mandate from the Pope and without the unity of the Church. Joseph Ma Ying-lin is the general secretary of the Chinese Bishops' Conference and Vice President of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association .
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- November 3, 1924 to the Vicariate Apostolic Bắc Ninh ;
- November 22, 1929 to the Mission sui juris Dali ;
- April 8, 1935 to the Chaotung Apostolic Prefecture .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Yunnan
- Joseph Ponsot M.EP (January 21, 1841 - November 17, 1880)
- Jean-Joseph Fenouil MEP (July 29, 1881 - January 10, 1907)
- Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu MEP (December 10, 1907 - December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Yunnanfu
- Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu MEP (December 10, 1907 - March 27, 1933)
- Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d'Ardoye MEP (May 3, 1933 - October 16, 1938, then Apostolic Delegate in the Kingdom of Iraq )
- Jean Larregain MEP (June 13, 1939 - May 2, 1942)
- Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau MEP (December 8, 1943 - April 11, 1946)
Archbishops of Lanzhou
- Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau MEP (April 11, 1946 - September 30, 1973)
- Kong Ling-zhong PSS (1962 - October 30, 1992) (Bishop of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association)
- Joseph Ma Ying-lin (* 1965, since April 30, 2006 in office as Bishop of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Kunming on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Kunming on gcatholic.org (English)