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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Chengdu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu (formerly spelt Chengtu) ( la, Dioecesis Cemtuana; zh, t=天主教成都教區, s=天主教成都教区) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chongqing covering southwestern China's Sichuan area, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Chengdu, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (also known as Ping'anqiao Church), in the city of Chengdu, at Ping'an Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan, China (). Extent The diocese, based in Chengdu, covers 4 cities (Chengdu [Tchen-tou-fou], Deyang [Te-yang-hien], Guangyuan [Koang-yuen-hien] and Mianyang [Mien-tcheou-hien]) and 37 districts and counties, totaling an area of 54,900 square kilometers. No recent statistics available. History * Established on 15 October 1696 as Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan (; 四川), on territory split off from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception, Chengdu
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, commonly referred to as Ping'anqiao Catholic Church, is the Catholic Church in Sichuan, Roman Catholic cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu, Diocese of Chengdu, situated on Xihuamen Street, Qingyang District, in Sichuan's capital city of Chengdu. Description The construction of the cathedral started in 1897, under the supervision of Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and the first bishop of the Diocese of Chengdu, who was appointed to supervise the work by Bishop . It was not completed until 1904. The English political economist Audrey Donnithorne was baptized at this cathedral after converting from Evangelical Anglicanism, Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism in 1943. The buildings, including the cathedral, the Bishop's Office and the Episcopal Residence, cover an area of 16,566.3 square meters and have a usable area of 8,508.5 square meters. Built in a cruciform design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangyuan
Guangyuan () is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, China, bordering the provinces of Shaanxi to the northeast and Gansu to the northwest. The city has a population of 2,305,657 as of the 2020 census. Located roughly between the provincial capitals Chengdu, Lanzhou, Xi'an and Chongqing municipality, it is considered the northern gateway to Sichuan. It is an ancient city, notable for its relics and tombs. History Formerly known as Lizhou (, or Li prefecture), Guangyuan was the birthplace of Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to bear the title Empress Regent. On May 12, 2008 a magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred. 4,822 people were killed, 28,245 injured, and 125 missing in the city as of June 7, 2008. Economy Guangyuan's economy is based on a diverse array of heavy industry, as well as mining and agriculture. Plant 821, a former large plutonium producing reactor, now used to process nuclear waste, is located near Guangyuan. The city is an important product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place. There are more bishops than there are functioning dioceses. Therefore, a priest appointed not to head a diocese as its diocesan bishop but to be an auxiliary bishop, a papal diplomat, or an official of the Roman Curia is appointed to a titular see. Catholic Church In the Catholic Church, a titular bishop is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. Examples of bishops belonging to this category are coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops, bishops emeriti, vicars apostolic, nuncios, superiors of departments in the Roman Curia, and cardinal bishops of suburbicarian dioceses (since they are not in charge of the suburbicarian dioceses). Most titular bishops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artus De Lionne
Artus de Lionne (1655–1713), abbé and Bishop of Rosalie ''in partibus infidelium'', in Turkey, was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was a son of Louis XIV's Foreign Minister, Hugues de Lionne.''Rituals of majesty: France, Siam, and court spectacle in royal image-building at Versailles in 1685 and 1686'' Canadian Journal of History, Aug 1996 by Love, Ronald /ref> Biography Artus de Lionne was born in Rome in 1655. He first left for Siam as a missionary, in 1681. He returned to France in 1686, serving as translator to the embassy of the Siamese Kosa Pan to the court of Louis XIV.Smithies, Note 3, p.28 Artus de Lionne then returned to Siam with the Siamese embassy in 1687 on board the ships of the French ambassador Simon de la Loubère. He played a role in the negotiation between the French and Siamese sides during the 1688 Siamese Revolution, which resulted in the expulsion of the French forces. Artus de Lionne left Siam with General Desfarges fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Rite
The Roman Rite ( la, Ritus Romanus) is the primary liturgical rite of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. It developed in the Latin language in the city of Rome and, while distinct Latin liturgical rites such as the Ambrosian Rite remain, the Roman Rite has gradually been adopted almost everywhere in the Latin Church. In medieval times there were numerous local variants, even if all of them did not amount to distinct rites, yet uniformity increased as a result of the invention of printing and in obedience to the decrees of the Council of Trent of 1545–63 (see ''Quo primum''). Several Latin liturgical rites that survived into the 20th century were abandoned voluntarily after the Second Vatican Council. The Roman Rite is now the most widespread liturgical rite not only in the Catholic Church but in Christianity as a whole. The Roman Rite has been adapted through the centuries and the history of its Eucharistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Shunkingfu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shunqing/Shunking/Nanchong ( la, Dioecesis Scioenchimensis; zh, t=天主教順慶教區) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in southwest China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the Shunqing city center district of Nanchong 南充, Sichuan province. No statistics available. History * Established on 2 August 1929 as Apostolic Vicariate of Shunqingfu 順慶府 / Shunkingfu / de Shunkingfu (Latin) / Choen-kin-fou (French) -fu meaning administrative prefecture], on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Chengdu (Tchen-tou-fou; 成都; now a diocese) * Promoted on April 11, 1946 and renamed after its see as Diocese of Shunqing 順慶 / Nanchong 南充 (Chinese) / Shunking / Sciœnchimen(sis) (Latin). Episcopal ordinaries (all Roman Rite native Chinese) ;''Apostolic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Southern Szechwan
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Suifu/Yibin ( la, Dioecesis Siufuana, zh, t=天主教敘府教區) is a diocese located in the city of Yibin in the Ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in China. History * January 24, 1860: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan (; 四川南境) from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Suifu (; Su-tcheou-fou; 敘府) * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Suifu (; 敘府) Leadership * Bishops of Suifu 敘府 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Peter Luo Xuegang (羅雪剛) (December 16, 2012 – present) ** Bishop John Chen Shi-zhong (陳適中) (1985 - 2012) ** Bishop René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. (April 11, 1946 – February 13, 1983) * Vicars Apostolic of Suifu 敘府 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. (January 10, 1946 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. (October 19, 1931 – October 28, 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Eastern Szechwan
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chongqing (Chungking) ( la, Archidioecesis Ciomchimensis, zh, t=天主教重慶總教區) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese located in southwestern PR China, yet still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its archiepiscopal see in the Cathedral of St. Joseph, in provincial-level city of Chongqing. The archdiocese has been vacant without an Apostolic administrator since 2003. Statistics and extent It borders on the Diocese of Suifu 敘府 (its suffragan), Diocese of Shunqing 順慶, Diocese of Wanxian 萬縣 (its suffragan), Diocese of Shinan 施南, Diocese of Yuanling 沅陵, Apostolic Prefecture of Shiqian 石阡 and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang 貴陽. In 1950, it pastorally served 37,608 Catholic (.3%) on 135,187 Square Miles in 42 parishes with 85 diocesan priests and 120 religious (only 6 male). Ecclesiastical province Its Suffragan sees are : * Roman Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Lhassa
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding/Kanting ( la, Dioecesis Camtimensis, zh, t=天主教康定教區) is a Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Chongqing in western China, but still dependent on the Roman Missionary Congregation Propaganda Fide. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Kangding, know to the Tibetan as Dartsedo. It is vacant since 1962. Territory The diocese includes the western part of Sichuan Province and theoretically the entire Tibet Autonomous Region. Specifically, it covers the two historical regions of Kham and Sikkim (the latter with its headquarters in Darjeeling, separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet in 1920); Western Sichuan such as the counties and cities of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture: Batang, Dapba, Draggo, Garzê, Jagsam, Litang, Nyachukha, Nyagrong, Pelyül, Qagchêng, Rongzhag, Sêrxü, Tatsienlu, Tawu; two counties in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture: Quqên ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Yunnan
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kunming ( la, Coenmimen(sis), ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Kunming in China. The Archdiocese has not had a legitimate, Vatican-appointed Archbishop since 1952, when French Archbishop Alexandre Derouineau was expelled from China in the aftermath of the Chinese Communist Revolution. The government of the People's Republic of China installed Father Kong Lingzhong as archbishop in 1962 and Father Joseph Ma Yinglin as archbishop in 2006. Neither government appointment is considered legitimate by the Vatican since they were not appointed by the papacy. In 2000, the Vatican appointed Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang as Apostolic Administrator of Kunming. He served until his death in 2012. History * 1687: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong-Guangxi-Yunnan from the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian * 1696: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnan * 1715: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan * August 28, 1840: Restored as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Kweichow
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang/Kweyang ( la, Coeiiamen(sis), ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guiyang in China. History * October 15, 1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow from the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian * 1715: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan * March 27, 1846: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow from the Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Guiyang * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang Leadership * Vicars Apostolic of Kweichow 貴州 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Etienne-Raymond Albrand, M.E.P. () (August 13, 1846 – April 22, 1853) ** Bishop Louis-Simon Faurie, M.E.P. () (1853 – June 21, 1871) ** Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. (December 22, 1871 – April 24, 1893) ** Bishop François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. (October 21, 1913 – December 3, 1924) * Vicars Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop François-Lazare Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
