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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Nanlong
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nanlong/Anlong ( la, Nganlomen(sis), ) is a diocese located in Anlong (Guizhou) in the Ecclesiastical province of Guiyang in China. History * February 16, 1922: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nanlong 南龍/Anlong/Hin-y-fou 安龍/興義府 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow 貴州 and Apostolic Vicariate of Guangxi 廣西 * April 27, 1927: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanlong 南龍/Anlong 安龍 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Nanlong 南龍/Anlong 安龍 Leadership * Bishops of Nanlong 南龍 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris (french: Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris, short M.E.P.) is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. It is not a religious institute, but an organization of secular priests and lay persons ... (April 11, 1946 – January 26, 1952) * Vicars Apostolic of Nanlong 南龍 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Alexandre-Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
