A - G

Dioceses in China A-G

For the list of the dioceses, the new nomenclature of the Annuario Pontificio was used. Dioceses and their names according to the CPA are shown as cross-references.

All the East, 23.07.1307 Titular Patriarchal See "Tutto l’Oriente in toto dominio Tartarorum”, 1370 supressed

 

1307-1329: Montecorvino, Giovanni de, Tit.-Patriarch

 

 

 

Amoy, see Xiamen

 

Anguo [Ankwo], 15.4.1924 Apost. Prefecture Lihsien, 13.7.1929 Apost. Vicariate Anguo, 11.4.1946 Diocese, for CPA part of patriotic diocese of Baoding (->)

 

1924-1929: Sun (Souen) Dezhen, Melchior, Apost. Prefect
1929-1936: Sun (Souen) Dezhen, Melchior, Apost. Vicar
1937-1946: Wang Zengyi, John, Apost. Vicar
1946-1951: Wang Zengyi, John, Bishop
1989-1992: Liu Difen, Stefan, Bishop
1993-?:       Wang Feili, Bishop

 

 

Anhui, patriotic diocese, errected 2001, contains the roman dioceses of Anqing, Wuhu, Tunxi and Bengbu

2001-2005: Zhu Hua-yu, Joseph, Bishop
2006- :        Liu Xinhong, Joseph, Bishop

 

Ankang [Hinganfu], 28.3.1928 Apost. Prefecture, for CPA patriotic diocese of Ankang

 

1928-1930: Soggiu, Giovanni, Apost. Prefect
1932-1940: Barracciu, Berardo, Apost. Prefect
1941-1947/48: Favarato, Emilio, Apost. Prefect
1948-1983: Maleddu, Pietro, Apost. Prefect
1987-2000: Ye Ronghua, John, Administrator
2000-2022: Ye Ronghua, John, [patriotic nomination] Bishop
                   2016-2022: Wang Xiaoxun, John, [patriotic nomination] Coadjutor
2022- :        Wang Xiaoxun, John, [patriotic nomination] Bishop

 


Anking, see Anqing

Ankwo, see Anguo

 

 

Anlong [Lanlung], 16.2.1922 Apost. Prefecture Lanlung [Anlong], 27.4.1927 Apost. Vicariate, 11.4.1946 Diocese, for CPA part of diocese of Guizhou

 

1922-1927: Carlo, Alexandre, Apost. Prefect

1927-1946: Carlo, Alexandre, Apost. Vicar
1946-1952: Carlo, Alexandre, Bishop

 

Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], 21.2.1929 Apost. Vicariate, 11.4.1946 Archdiocese, for CPA since 2001 part of patriotic diocese of Anhui (->)

 

1930-1946: Melendro Guttiérez, Federico, Apost. Vicar
1946-1978: Melendro Guttiérez, Federico, Archbishop
1997-2001: Zhu Hua-yu, Joseph, [patriotic nomination] Bishop

 

Anyang, patriotic diocese, erected ?, contains roman diocese of Jixian

2004-2016: Zhang Huaixin, Thomas, Bishop
                    2015-2016: Zhang Yinlin, Joseph, Coadjutor
2016- :        Zhang Yinlin, Joseph, Bishop

 

**Bameng, patriotic diocese, 1989-1993, see patriotic diocese of Shanba (->)

 

 


Baoding [Paotíng, Ching-Yüan], 14.2.1910 Apost. Vicariate Central Chi-Li [Ce-Li Centrale], 3.12.1924 name changed to Paotingfu, 11.4.1946 Diocese Paotíng [Baoding], for CPA together with Anguo and Yixian patriotic diocese of Baoding (->)

 

1910-1923: Fabrègues, Joseph, Apost. Vicar
1924-1930: Montaigne, Paul, Apost. Vicar
1931-1946: Zhou Jishi, Joseph, Apost. Vicar
1946:          Zhou Jishi, Joseph, Bishop
1951-1992: Fan Xueyan, Peter Joseph, Bishop

[1982-1988: Qu Jingfeng, John, Bishop ?]
                   1984-1988: Zhu Yousan, Joseph, Coadjutor
                   1987-1991: Shi Chunjie, Paul, Aux.- Bishop
                   1988-1992: Chen Jianzhang, Peter, Coadjutor
1992-1994/95: Chen Jianzhang, Peter, Bishop
                    1988-1993: Su Zhimin, James, Aux.- Bishop
                    1993-1995: Su Zhimin, James, Coadjutor
1995-2010: Su Zhimin, James, Bishop (disappeared since 8.10.1997)
                    
1993-2006: An Shuxin, Francis, Aux.- Bishop
                      2006-2007: An Shuxin, Francis, Administrator
                      2007-2010: An Shuxin, Francis, Coadjutor

 

**Baoding, patriotic diocese, erected ?, contains roman dioceses of Baoding, Anguo and Yixian

1958-1990: Wang Qi-wei, John, Bishop
1991-2005: Pan Deshi, Matthew, Bishop
                   2000-2006: Su Changshan, John, Aux.- Bishop (or Coadjutor?)
2010- : An Shuxin, Francis, Bishop

 

 

Baojing [Paoking, Shaoyang], 9.2.1938 Apost. Prefecture, for CPA part of patriotic diocese of Hunan (->)

1938-1963: Lombos, Joseph, Apost. Prefect
2012- :        Qu Ailin, Methodius, Administrator

 

 

Baotou, patriotic diocese, erected in 1982 in Inner Mongolia, today part of patriotic diocese of Hohhot (->)

1992-2004: Fan Luyi, Louis, Administrator

 

Beihai [Pakhoi, Zhanjiang], 1.8.1920 Apost. Vicariate Western Kwangtung [Kuangtong Occidentale], 3.12.1924 name changed to Pakhoi [Beihai], 11.4.1946 Diocese, for CPA since 1965 divided: one part to patriotic diocese of Guangxi (->), one part to patriotic diocese of Zhanjiang (->)

 

1921-1927: Gauthier, Auguste, Apost. Vicar
1928-1929: Deswazières, Gustave-Joseph, Apost. Vicar
1929-1940: Pénicaud, Jean-Baptiste, Apost. Vicar
1940-1946: Deswazières, Gustave-Joseph, Apost. Vicar
1946-1959: Deswazières, Gustave-Joseph, Bishop
2003-2004: Su Yongda, Paul, Administrator
2004- :        Su Yongda, Paul, Bishop

 

Beijing [Peking], 23.7.1307 Archdiocese Khanbaliq, 10.4.1690 Diocese Peking, 30.5.1856 Apost. Vicariate Northern Ce-Li [Ce-Li Settentrionale], 3.12.1924 name changed to Peking [Beijing], 11.4.1946 Archdiocese Peking [Beijing]

 

1307-1328: Montecorvino, Giovanni de, Archbishop
                   1311-1332: Firenze, Pietro da, Aux.-Bishop
                   1311-?: Thomas, Aux.-Bishop
                   1311-?: Catalonia, Jerome of, Aux.-Bishop
                   1313: Albuini, Gerardo, Aux.-Bishop
                   1313-1318: Perugia, Andrea de, Aux.-Bishop
                   1313-ca. 1320: Castello, Peregrino da, Aux.-Bishop
1333-1338: Botras, Nicholas de, Archbishop
1338-1370 ?: Cosmas, Archbishop
1370-?:
Prato, Guglielmo de, Archbishop
?-before 09.08.1403:
Giuseppe, Archbishop
1403-before or in 1408:
Domenico, Archbishop
1408-?:
Scopper, Conrad, Archbishop
Before 1410-?:
Carol, Archbishop?
1410-?:
Giovanni, Apost. Administrator
1427-1441:
Jacobus, Archbishop
?-1448 ?:
Leonard, Archbishop
1448-?:
Bartolomeo, the Elder, Archbishop
?-before or in 1456:
Bernardo, Archbishop
1456-?:
Pelletz, Johannes de, Archbishop
After 1456-?:
Bartolomeo, the Younger, Archbishop
?-? (died 1483):
Caffa, Alessandro de, Archbishop
1483-?:
Grangia, Jacobus de, (Arch-) Bishop
1690-1721:
Della Chiesa, Bernardino, Bishop
1725-1731:
Purificación, Francisco da, Bishop
1740:1757:
Sousa (Souza), Policarpo de, Bishop
1757-1787:
Laimbeckhoven, Godfried, Apost. Administrator
1778-1781:
Salutti, Giovanni, Bishop
1782-1808:
Gouvea, Alejandro de, Bishop
                   1804-1808:
Sousa (Souza) Saraiva, Joaquim de, Coadjutor
1808-1818:
Sousa (Souza) Saraiva, Joaquim de, Bishop
1818-1826:
Monteiro da Serra, Verissimo, Bishop-Elect (never confirmed or consecrated)
1827-1838: Pires Pereira, Caetano, Administrator
1838-1847:
Franca Castro e Moura, João de, Administrator
1840:
Franca Castro e Moura, João de, Apost. Vicar (declined)
1848-1856:
Mouly, Martial-Joseph, Apost. Administrator
                   1848-1858:
Anouilh, Jean-Baptiste, Coadjutor
1856-1868:
Mouly, Martial-Joseph, Apost. Vicar
                   1864-1868:
Guierry, Edmond, Coadjutor
1868-1869:
Guierry, Edmond, Apost. Vicar
1870-1884:
Delaplace, Louis, Apost. Vicar
1884-1890:
Tagliabue, François, Apost. Vicar
1890-1899:
Sarthou, Jean-Baptiste, Apost. Vicar
                   1897-1899:
Favier, Pierre, Coadjutor
1899-1905:
Favier, Pierre, Apost. Vicar
                   1899-1905:
Jarlin, Stanislas, Coadjutor
1905-1933:
Jarlin, Stanislas, Apost. Vicar
                   1919-1923:
Vienne de Hautefeuille, Jean de, Coadjutor
                   1923-1930:
Fabrègues, Joseph, Coadjutor
                   1930-1933:
Montaigne, Paul, Coadjutor
1933-1946:
Montaigne, Paul, Apost. Vicar
1946-1967:
Tien Ken-hsin, Thomas, Archbishop
1959-1966:
Yao Guang-yu, Joseph, [patriotic nomination] Bishop
1979-2007:
Fu Tie-shan, Michael, [patriotic nomination] Bishop
1989-2001:
Pei Xiangde, Matthias, Bishop
2007- :
Li Shan, Joseph, Bishop
                    2024- : Zhen Xuebin, Matthew, Coadjutor

 

Bengbu [Pengpu, Peng-Fou], 21.2.1929 Apost. Vicariate, 11.4.1946 Diocese, for CPA part of patriotic Anhui diocese

1929-1933: Berutti, Tommaso, Apost. Vicar
1936-1946: Cassini, Cipriano, Apost. Vicar
1946-1951: Cassini, Cipriano, Bishop
1958-1983: Zhou Yi-zhai, [patriotic nomination] Bishop
1983-2001: Zhu Hua-yu, Joseph, [patriotic nomination] Bishop

 

Cangwu, see Wuzhou

 

Cangzhou, patriotic diocese, erected 1981, contains roman diocese of Xianxian

1980-1998: Liu Ding-han, John, Bishop
                   1993-1998: Hou Jingwen, Peter, Coadjutor
1998-1999: Hou Jingwen, Peter, Bishop
1999-2000: Liu Ding-han, John, Bishop
2000- :        Li Lian Gui, Joseph, Bishop

 

 

Canton, see Guangzhou

 

 

Caozhou, Heze [Tsaochow], 12.11.1934 Apost. Vicariate Tsaochowfu, 11.4.1946 Diocese, for CPA dioecese of Heze

 

1934-1946: Hoowaarts, Franz, Apost. Vicar
1946-1954: Hoowaarts, Franz, Bishop
1958-1966/67:
Li Ming-yuan, Charles, [patriotic nomination] Bishop of Heze
1996-2004: Wang Dianduo, Joseph, Bishop (for CPA Bishop of Heze)
2004 - : Wang Chengli, Administrator

 

 

Ce-Kiam, see Ningbo

Ce-Kiam Occidentale, see Hangzhou

Ce-Kiam Orientale, see Ningbo

Ce-Li Centrale, see Baoding

Ce-Li Marittimo, see Tianjin

Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale, see Zhengding

Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale, see Xianxian

Ce-Li Orientale, see Yongping

Ce-Li Settentrionale, see Beijing

Central Chensi/Shensi, see Xi’an

Central Chi-Li, see Baoding

Central Mongolia, see Chongli-Xiwanzi

Chang-An, see Xi’an

 

 

Changde [Changteh], 19.9.1879 Apost. Vicariate Northern Hunan [Hu-Nan Settentrionale], 3.12.1924 changed name into Changteh [Changde], 11.4.1946 Diocese, for CPA part of patriotic diocese of Hunan

 

1880: Abásolo, Ange, Pro-Vicar (declined)
1880: Guadilla, Nicolas, Pro-Vicar
1881-1884: Suárez, Elia, Pro-Vicar
1884-1916: Torre Merino, Saturnino de la, Pro-Vicar

1896-1910: Pérez y Pérez, Luis, Apost. Vicar
1911-1917: Hospital, Juventus, Apost. Vicar
1917-1936: Diego y Carbajal, Angel, Apost. Vicar
1939-1946: Herrero Garrote, Gerardo, Apost. Vicar
1946-1965: Herrero Garrote, Gerardo, Bishop
1958-1995: Yang Gao-jian, Michael, [patriotic nomination] Bishop
2012- :       Qu Ailin, Methodius, Bishop or Administrator

 

 

Changsha, 15.10.1696-1762 Apost. Vicariate Houkouang, re-established 1838, 8.4.1856 Apost. Vicariate Hunan, 19.9.1879 name changed to Southern Hunan [Hu-Nan Meridionale], 03.12.1924 name changed to Changsha, 11.4.1946 Archdiocese Changsha, for CPA together with Xiangtan, Baojing, Changde, Lixian, Yuanlin, Yueyang, Hangyang and Lingling patriotic diocese of Hunan

 

Nicolais, Giovanni Francisco (1696-1712 ?), Apost. Vicar

Visdelou, Claude de (1709/1711-?), Apost. Administrator (Elect)

Maoletti (the Elder), Giambattista (1721-1725), Bishop

Fontana, Giacomo Luigi (1838), Apost. Vicar

Rizzolati, Giuseppe (1839-56), Apost. Vicar

Maresca, Francesco Xavier (1844-1846), Coadjutor

Novella, Giuseppe Giacomo (1847-1851), Coadjutor

Navarro, Miguel (1853-56), Apost. Pro-Vicar

Navarro, Miguel (1856-77), Apost. Vicar

Banci, Ezechias (1871-79), Coadjutor

Semprini, Eusebio Maria  (1876-77), Coadjutor

Semprini, Eusebio Maria (1877-92), Apost. Vicar

Fantosati, Antonio (1892-1900), Apost. Vicar

Mondaini, Giovanni (1902-30), Apost. Vicar

Palazzi, Raffaele Angelo (1928-30), Coadjutor

Baima, Giulio (1930-33), Apost. Administrator

Stanchi, Giacinto Gaudencio (1933-39), Apost. Vicar

Lacchio, Petronio Secundo (1940-46), Apost. Vicar

Lacchio, Petronio Secundo (1946-76), Archbishop

Xiong De-lian (Hieng Teh-hen, Hiong Te Lien), (1958-1966/76), Bishop

Qu Tian-xi, Simon (1987-2000), Bishop

Qu Ailin, Methodius (2012 - ), Bishop

 

 

Changteh, see Changde

Changtien, see Zhoucun

 

 

Changting [Tingchow], 27.12.1923 Apost. Prefecture, 8.5.1947 Diocese, for CPA part of patriotic diocese of Xiamen
 

Pelzer, Egbert Maria (1925-45), Apost. Prefect

Lesinski, Werner Johannes (1947-63), Bishop

 

 

Changzhi [Lu An], 17.6.1890 Apost. Vicariate Southern Shansi  [Scian-Si Meridionale] 3.12.1924 name changed to Luanfu, 11.4.1946 Diocese Lu An [Changzhi]

 

Poell, Martin (1890-91), Apost. Vicar

Hofman, Johannes (1891-1901), Apost. Vicar

Timmer, Albert (1901-26), Apost. Vicar

Spruit, Ferdinand (1927-43), Apost. Vicar

Kramer, Frans Gerard Constantin (1946), Apost. Vicar

Kramer, Frans Gerard Constantin (1946-83), Bishop

Li Weidao, Anthony (1982-98), Bishop

Jin Daoyuan, Andrew (2000-2008), Bishop (for CPA not retired)

Li Yi, Ermenegildus (Paul), (1998-2002), Coadjutor

Li Yi, Ermenegildus (Paul) (2002- 2012), Bishop

Ding Lingbin, Peter (2016-  ), Bishop (for CPA Coadjutor)

 

 

 

Chansi and Chensi, see Taiyuan

Chan-tong, see Jinan

Chaohsien, see Zhaoxian

Chaotung, see Zhaotong

Chefoo, see Yantai

Chekian, see Ningbo

Chengchow, see Zhengzhou

 

 

Chengde, 22.09.2018 Diocese

 

Guo Jincai, Joseph (2018- ), Bishop

 

Chengdu [Chengtu], 1696 Apost. Vicariate Se-Ciuen/Szechwan, 2.4.1856 name changed to Northwestern Szechwan [Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale], 11.4.1946 Diocese Chengtu [Chengdu]

 

Lionne, Artus de (1697-1713), Apost. Vicar

Basset, Jean (1701-07), Apost. Pro-Vicar

Balluère, Jean-François Martin de la (1713-15), Apost. Vicar

Appiani, Luigi (1715 ?), Apost. Vicar (declined nomination)

Müllener, Johannes (1715-42), Apost. Vicar

Ottonio, François d' (1737), Coadjutor

Maggi, Luigi Maria (1738-42), Coadjutor

Maggi, Luigi Maria (1742-43), Apost. Vicar

Martiliat, Joachim-Enjobert de (1743-55), Apost. Vicar

Maigrot, Jean-Baptiste (1753), Apost. Vicar (died before nomination)

Lacerre, Pierre-Antoine(1753), Apost. Vicar (declined nomination)

Reymond, Claude-François de (1756), Apost. Vicar

Kerhervé, Pierre-Jean (1762), Apost. Vicar (declined nomination)

Pottier, François (1767-92), Apost. Vicar

Saint-Martin, Jean Didier de (1783-92), Coadjutor

Saint-Martin, Jean Didier de (1792-1801), Apost. Vicar

Dufresse, Louis Gabriel Taurin (1798-1801), Coadjutor

Dufresse, Louis Gabriel Taurin (1801-1815), Apost. Vicar

Trenchant, Pierre (1802-1806), Coadjutor

Florens, Jean (1807-14), Coadjutor

Fontana, Giacomo Luigi (1817-38), Apost. Vicar

Perocheau, Jacques (1817-38), Coadjutor

Perocheau, Jacques (1838-61), Apost. Vicar

Papin, Pierre-Antoine (1838-1840), Coadjutor (Elect, declined nomination)

Desflèches, Eugène Jean Claude (1843-56), Coadjutor

Pinchon, Jean Theophile (1858-61), Coadjutor

Pinchon, Jean Theophile (1861-91), Apost. Vicar

Dunand, Marie-Julien (1893-1915), Apost. Vicar

Rouchouse, Jacques (1916-46), Apost. Vicar

Rouchouse, Jacques (1946-48), Bishop

Pinault, Henri (1949-83), Bishop

Li Xi-ting (Li Hsi Ying), John (1958-89), Bishop

Liu Xianru, Michael (1992-98), Bishop

Li Zhigang, Simon (2011-2011), Bishop (Elect)
Tang Yuange, Joseph (2016- ), Bishop

 

 

 

Chengting, see Zhengding

Chengtu, see Chengdu

Chen-si, see Yan’an

 

 

 

Chifeng [Chihfeng], 11.1.1932 Apost. Prefecture, 21.4.1949 Diocese Chihfeng [Chifeng], for CPA together with Lintong patriotic diocese of Chifeng

 

Tchao, Lucas (1932-49), Apost. Prefect

Cheu, Fabian (1949-82), Apost. Prefect

Zhu Wenyu (Zhu Xiang yu; Zhu Weng; Zhu Wen Han), Andreas (1990-2006), Bishop

 

 

Chihfeng, see Chifeng

Ching-Yüan, see Baoding

 

 

 Chongli-Xiwanzi [Siwantze], 28.8.1840 Apost. Vicariate Mongolia, 11.12.1883 name changed to Central Mongolia [Mongolia Centrale], 14.3.1922 name changed to Tchagar, 3.12.1924 name changed to Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], 11.4.1946 Diocese, for CPA together with Xuanhua diocese of Zhangjiakou

 

Mouly, Martial-Joseph (1840-56), Apost. Vicar

Daguin, Florent (1848-57), Coadjutor

Daguin, Florent (1857-59), Apost. Vicar

Tagliabue, François (1859-65), Pro-Vicar

Bray, Geraud (1865-66), Pro-Vicar

Verbist, Théophile (1866-68), Pro-Vicar

Smorenburg, Antoon-Everhard (1869-71), Pro-Vicar

Bax, Jacques (1871-74), Pro-Vicar

Bax, Jacques (1874-95), Apost. Vicar

Van Aertselaer, Jérôme (1898-1924), Apost. Vicar

Ter Laak, Everard (1914-24), Coadjutor

Ter Laak, Everard (1924-31), Apost. Vicar

De Smedt, Léon Jean Marie (1931-46), Apost. Vicar

De Smedt, Léon Jean Marie (1946-51), Bishop

Zhang Kexing, Melchior (1949-51), Coadjutor

Zhang Kexing, Melchior (1951-88), Bishop

Pan Shao-qing (1958-83), Bishop

Hao Jinli, Andreas (1984-88), Coadjutor or Aux.-Bishop

Xu Lizhi, Philip (1987-92), Aux.- Bishop

Hao Jinli, Andreas (1988-2011), Bishop

Yao Liang, Leo (2002-2009), Coadjutor

 

 

 

Chongqing [Chungking], 2.4.1856 Apost. Vicariate Eastern Szechwan [Se-Ciuen Orientale], 3.12.1924 name changed to Chungking [Chongqing], 11.4.1946 Archdiocese

 

Desflèches, Eugene Jean Claude (1856-83), Apost. Vicar

Coupat, Paul Eugène (1882-83), Coadjutor

Coupat, Paul Eugène (1883-90), Apost. Vicar

Blettery, Laurent (1890-91), Apost. Vicar

Chouvellon, Félix (1891-1924), Apost. Vicar

Jantzen, Louis Gabriel Xavier (1925-46), Apost. Vicar

Jantzen, Louis Gabriel Xavier (1946-50), Archbishop

Shi Ming-liang, (1963-78), Bishop

Liu Zhong-yu, Simon (1981-92), Bishop

Lo Bei Zhan (Luo Beizhan, Lo Pe Zhan), Paulus (1993-2001), Bishop

Hou Guoyong (Guoyang), Joseph (1989- ), Bishop [1]

 

 

 

Chowchich, see Zhouzhi

Chowtsun, see Zhoucun

Chuchow, see Lishui

Chumatien, see Zhumadian

Chungking, see Chongqing

Coastal Chi-Li, see Tianjin

 

 

 

Dali [Tali], 22.11.1929 Mission "sui iuris", 10.12.1934 Apost. Prefecture,
9.12.1948 Diocese

 

Erdozainey-Etchard, Pierre (1930-31), Superior

Magenties, Jean-Baptiste (1931-35), Superior

Magenties, Jean-Baptiste (1935-48), Apost. Prefect

Lacoste, Lucien (1948-83), Bishop

Liu Hanchen, Peter (1952-90), Administrator

Zhang Wenchang, Lawrence (2000-2012), Administrator

Ma Yinglin, Joseph (2006- ), Bishop

 

 

 

Daming [Taming, Handan], 11.3.1935 Apost. Prefecture, 8.7.1947 Diocese, for CPA together with Yongnian patriotic diocese of Handan

 

Szarvas, Nicolas (1946-47), Apost. Prefect

Lischerong, Gáspár (1947-72), Apost. Administrator

Guo Mingye, (1950-66), Apost. Administrator

Zhou Qingyun (1960- ), Bishop

An Shi'en, Simon (1989-2002), Bishop

Chen Bolu (Bailu), Peter (1988-99), Bishop

Yang Xiangtai, Stephen (1996-99), Coadjutor

Yang Xiangtai, Stephen (1999-2017), Bishop

Sun Jigen, Joseph (2011-2017), Coadjutor

Sun Jigen, Joseph (2017- ), Bishop

 

 

 

Datong [Tatung], 14.3.1922 Apost. Prefecture Tatungfu, 14.6.1932 Apost. Vicariate, 11.4.1946 Diocese

 

Hoogers, Gerard-Joseph (1923-31), Apost. Prefect

Joosten, Frans (1932), Apost. Prefect

Joosten, Frans (1932-46), Apost. Vicar

Joosten, Frans (1946-47), Bishop

Fan Puhou, (1948-?), Apost. Administrator

Van Buggenhout, Alfons (1950-81), Apost. Administrator

Guo Yingong, Thaddeus (1990-2005), Bishop

 

 

 

Dinhai, see Haizhou

Eastern Chekiang, see Ningbo

Eastern Chi-Li, see Yongping

Eastern Honan, see Kaifeng

Eastern Hupeh, see Hankou

Eastern Kansu, see Tianshui

Eastern Kiangsi, see Yujiang

Eastern Mongolia, see Jinzhou

Eastern Shantung, see Yantai

Eastern Szechwan, see Chongqing

 

 

 

Enshi [Shíhnan], 14.6.1938 Apost. Vicariate, 11.4.1946 Diocese, for CPA part of patriotic diocese of Jingzhou

 

Gubbels, Natalis (1938-40), Administrator

Hou, John Baptist (1940-42), Apost. Vicar

Gubbels, Natalis (1947-50), Administrator

 

 

 

Fengsiang, see Fengxiang

Fengtien, see Shenyang 

 

 

 

Fengxiang [Fengsiang], 15.11.1932 Apost. Prefecture,  6.6.1942 Apost. Vicariate, 11.4.1946 Diocese

 

Wang Tao-nan (Daonan), Sylvester Philip (1933-42), Apost. Prefect

Wang Tao-nan (Daonan), Sylvester Philip (1942-46), Apost. Vicar

Wang Tao-nan (Daonan), Sylvester Philip (1946-49), Bishop

Zhou Weidao (Chow Wei-tao), Anthony (1950-1979/80), Bishop

Ly Jing Feng (Li Jingfeng), Lucas (1980-83), Coadjutor

Ly Jing Feng (Li Jingfeng), Lucas (1983-2017), Bishop

Zhang Zhiyong, Peter (1996-2010), Coadjutor

Li Huiyuan, Peter (2014-2017), Coadjutor

Li Huiyuan, Peter (2017- ), Bishop [2]

 

 

 

Fenyang, 12.5.1926 Apost. Vicariate, 11.4.1946 Diocese

 

Chen Guodi, Aloysius (1926-30), Apost. Vicar

Liu Jinwen, Francis (1930-46), Apost. Vicar

Liu Jinwen, Francis (1946-48), Bishop

Lei Zhenxia (Lei Chang-hsia), Simon (1949-70), Bishop

Gao Yong, Anthony (1958-71/80?), Bishop

Huo Cheng, John (1991-2023), Bishop

 

 

Fokien, see Fuzhou

Fo-Kien, see Fuzhou

Foochow, see Fuzhou

Fu Shih, see Yan’an

Fu-Chow, see Yujiang

Fu-Kow, see Yujiang

Funíng, see Xiapu

 

 

 

Fushun, 15.1.1932 Apost. Prefecture, 13.2.1940 Apost. Vicariate, 11.4.1946 Diocese, for CPA part of patriotic diocese of Liaoning

 

Lane, Raymond Louis (1932-40), Apost. Prefect

Lane, Raymond Louis (1940-46), Apost. Vicar

Lane, Raymond Louis (1946), Bishop

 

 

 

Fuzhou [Foochow, Min-Hou], 15.4.1680 Apost. Vicariate Fokien [Fo-Kien], 11.4.1946 Archdiocese Foochow [Fuzhou]

 

Pallu, François (1680-84), Apost. Vicar

Della Chiesa, Bernardino (1680-84), Coadjutor

Della Chiesa, Bernardino (1684-87?), Apost. Vicar (?)

Varo, Francisco (1687), Apost. Vicar

Maigrot, Charles (1687-1708), Apost. Vicar

Ventallol, Magino (1718-32), Apost. Vicar

Sanz, Pedro (1728-32), Coadjutor

Sanz, Pedro (1732-47), Apost. Vicar

Oscot y Colombres, Hernando (1737-43), Coadjutor

Serrano Frías, Francisco (1745-47), Coadjutor

Serrano Frías, Francisco (1747-48), Apost. Vicar

Pallas y Faro, Francisco (1753-78), Apost. Vicar

Calvo, José (1781-1812), Apost. Vicar

Carpegna Diaz, Roque José (1801-12), Coadjutor

Carpegna Diaz, Roque José  (1812-49), Apost. Vicar

Sála, Tomás (1818-29), Coadjutor

Calderón, Miguel (1831-49), Coadjutor

Badia, Tomás (1842-44)  [3]

Calderón, Miguel (1849-83), Apost. Vicar

Aguilar, Justo Alfonso (1848-65), Coadjutor

Carreras, Vincent (1866-67), Coadjutor

Gentili, Thomas (1868-83), Coadjutor

Masót y Gómez, Salvador (1884-1911), Apost. Vicar

Aguirre Murga, Francisco (1911-41), Apost. Vicar

Labrador Fraile, Theodor (1946-80), Archbishop

Lin Quan, Joseph (1962-91), Bishop

Ye Yishi, John Baptist (1983/84-1992), Bishop

Yang Shudao (Yang Su Tao), John (1987-2010), Archbishop

Zhen Changcheng (Chen Changcheng ), Joseph (1991-2006), Bishop                      

Lin Jiashan, Peter (1997-2010), Coadjutor

Lin Jiashan, Peter (2010-2023), Archbishop [4]

 

 

 

Ganzhou [Kanchow], 25.8.1920 Apost. Vicariate, 11.4.1946 Diocese, for CPS part of patriotic diocese of Jiangxi
 

Dumond, Paul Marie (1920-25), Apost. Administrator

Dumond, Paul Marie (1925-31), Apost. Vicar

O’ Shea, John (1927-31), Coadjutor

O’ Shea, John (1931-46), Apost. Vicar

O’ Shea, John (1946-69), Bishop

Chen Du-qing, (1958-1990), Bishop

 

 

Guangxi, see Nanning

 

 

Guangzhou [Canton],11.5.1848 Apost. Prefecture Kouangtong/Kuangtung, 6.4.1914 Apost. Vicariate, 11.4.1946 Archdiocese

 

Libois, François-Napoleon (1848-53), Apost. Prefect

Guillemin, Philippe Zephirin (1853-86), Apost. Prefect

Chausse, Augustin (1880-86), Coadjutor
Chausse, Augustin (1886-1900), Apost. Prefect

Mérel, Jean-Marie (1901-14), Apost. Prefect

Mérel, Jean-Marie (1914), Apost. Vicar

Rayssac, Adolphe (1915-16), Apost. Administrator

Budes de Guébriant, Jean-Baptiste (1916-21), Apost. Vicar
Fourquet, Antoine-Pierre-Jean (1923-46), Apost. Vicar

Yang Fujie (Yeung Fuk-tseuk), Boniface (1931-38), Aux.-Bishop

Fourquet, Antoine-Pierre-Jean (1946-47), Archbishop

Deswazières, Gustave-Joseph (1947-50), Apost. Administrator

Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), Dominic (1950-81), Apost. Administrator

Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), Dominic (1981-95), Archbishop

Tcheng Yu-sin (Cheng Yu Sin), (1958), Bishop (Elect?)

Ye Yin-yun, Joseph (1981-90), Bishop

Ping Leung Lin (Lin Binglian), James (1990-2001), Bishop

Gan Junqiu, Joseph (2007- ), Bishop

 

 

 

Guilin [Kweilin], 9.2.1938 Apost. Prefecture, for CPA part of Guangxi diocese

 

Romaniello, John Angel (1938-83), Apost. Prefect

 

 

 

Guiyang [Kweyang], 15.10.1696 Apost. Vicariate Guizhou, 1715 suppressed; 27.3.1846 Apost. Vicariate Kuiceu/Kouytcheou/ Koueitcheou, 3.12.1924 name changed to Kweyang [Guiyang], 11.4.1946 Archdiocese, for CPA together with Anlong and Shiqian diocese of Guizhou

 

Turcotti, Carlo (1696-1706), Apost. Vicar

Visdelou, Claude de (1708-37 ?), Apost. Vicar (Elect)

Albrand, Etienne Raymond (1849-53), Apost. Vicar
Faurie, Louis Simon (1854), Apost. Vicar (declined nomination)

Perny, Paul-Hubert (1853-60), Apost. Administrator

Faurie, Louis Simon (1860-71), Apost. Vicar

Lions, François Eugène (1871-93), Apost. Vicar

Guichard, François (1884-93), Coadjutor

Guichard, François (1893-1913), Apost. Vicar

Seguin, François Lazare (1907-13), Coadjutor

Seguin, François Lazare (1913-42), Apost. Vicar

Larrart, Jean (1933-42), Coadjutor

Larrart, Jean (1942-46), Apost. Vicar

Larrart, Jean (1946-66), Archbishop

Chen Yuencai, (1958-?), Bishop

Hu Daguo, Augustinus (1987- 2011), Bishop

Wang Chong Yi, Andreas Anicetus (1988-2014), Bishop

Xiao Zejiang, Paul (2007-2014), Coadjutor

Xiao Zejiang, Paul (2014- ), Bishop

 

 

Guizhou, patriotic diocese, erected ?, contains roman dioceses of Guiyang, Anlong and Shiqian

1988-2014: Wang Chong Yi, Andreas, Bishop

         2007-2014: Xiao Zejiang, Paul, Coadjutor

2014- : Xiao Zejiang, Paul, Bishop

 

 

 

[1] according to some sources the consecration was not valid

[2] The government-sanctioned Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church of China (BCCCC) recognized him as Bishop of Fengxian since 22.06.2020

[3] several sources assume that Mons. Badia became Coadjutor of Fokien in 1840. But during that time Mons. Calderon was the Coadjutor. Possibly he became Coadjutor of Manila. See

[4] The government-sanctioned Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church of China (BCCCC) recognized him as Bishop of Fuzhou since 09.06.2020.

 

 

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