Archdiocese of Nanning
Archdiocese of Nanning | |
Basic data | |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Diocesan bishop | Joseph Tan Yan-quan |
founding | 1875 |
Parishes | 26 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
Residents | 6,000,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
Catholics | 7,584 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
proportion of | 0.1% |
Diocesan priest | 26 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
Catholics per priest | 292 |
Friars | 24 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of China |
Website | http://www.catholicgx.org/Catholicgx.htm |
Suffragan dioceses | Diocese of Wuchow |
The Archdiocese of Nanning ( Latin : Archidioecesis Nannimensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Nanning in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius IX founded the Apostolic Prefecture of Guangxi with the Breve Simul ac on August 6, 1875 from cedings of the Apostolic Prefecture of Guangdong . On June 6, 1914, she was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate .
It was named Vicariate Apostolic Nanning on December 3, 1924. With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was elevated to the Metropolitan Archbishopric on April 11, 1946 .
In 1984 the secret bishop Joseph Meng Ziwen was ordained, but the state authorities have always regarded him as a simple priest and did not recognize his episcopal authority. He died on January 7, 2007 at the old age of 103. In 2003 Joseph Tan Yan-quan was ordained coadjutor bishop, who succeeded him as Archbishop of Nanning.
Since December 2002, the official Chinese Bishops' Conference has combined the four particular churches of Guangxi to form the Archdiocese of Guangxi. For the Chinese authorities, Joseph Tan Yan-quan has been the official Archbishop of Guangxi since 2003 , while he has only been Archbishop of Nanning for the Holy See since 2007.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- February 16, 1922 to the Apostolic Prefecture Lanlung ;
- June 30, 1930 to the Mission sui juris Wuchow ;
- February 9, 1938 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Guilin .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Guangxi
- Louis Jolly M.EP (August 6, 1875-November 1877)
- Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard MEP (August 13, 1878 - March 31, 1889)
- Jean-Benoît Chouzy MEP (August 21, 1891 - September 22, 1899)
- Joseph-Marie Lavest MEP (April 26, 1900 - August 23, 1910)
- Maurice-François Ducoeur MEP (December 22, 1910 - June 6, 1914)
Vicar Apostolic of Guangxi
- Maurice-François Ducoeur MEP (June 6, 1914 - December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Nanning
- Maurice-François Ducoeur MEP (December 3, 1924 - June 10, 1929)
- Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy MEP (June 30, 1930 - April 11, 1946)
Archbishops of Nanning
- Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy MEP (June 30, 1930 - April 11, 1946)
- Joseph Meng Ziwen (1984 - January 7, 2007) (Underground Bishop )
- Joseph Tan Yan-quan (since January 7, 2007)
See also
Web links
- Entry for Archdiocese of Nanning on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Archdiocese of Nanning on gcatholic.org (English)