|
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Xianxian
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xianxian/Síenhsíen ( la, Scienscienen(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Xianxian in the Ecclesiastical province of Beijing in China. History left, View of the mission at the end of the 19th century * May 30, 1856: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southeastern Chi-Li 直隸東南 from the Diocese of Beijing 北京 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Xianxian 獻縣 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Xianxian 獻縣 Leadership * Bishops of Xianxian (Roman rite) ** Bishop Joseph Li Liangui (March 20, 2000 – Present) ** Bishop François-Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng, S.J. () (April 11, 1946 – October 15, 1968) * Vicars Apostolic of Xianxian 獻縣 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop François-Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng, S.J. () (December 2, 1937 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop Henri Lécroart, S.J. () (December 23, 1919 – December 2, 1936) * Vicars Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li 直隸東南 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Henri Maquet ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Of Jesus
, image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = ChristogramOfficial seal of the Jesuits , abbreviation = SJ , nickname = Jesuits , formation = , founders = , founding_location = , type = Order of clerics regular of pontifical right (for men) , headquarters = Generalate:Borgo S. Spirito 4, 00195 Roma-Prati, Italy , coords = , region_served = Worldwide , num_members = 14,839 members (includes 10,721 priests) as of 2020 , leader_title = Motto , leader_name = la, Ad Majorem Dei GloriamEnglish: ''For the Greater Glory of God'' , leader_title2 = Superior General , leader_name2 = Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ , leader_title3 = Patron saints , leader_name3 = , leader_title4 = Ministry , leader_name4 = Missionary, educational, literary works , main_organ = La Civiltà Cattoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Dioceses And Prelatures Established In The 19th Century
Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible Roman or Romans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *Romans (band), a Japanese pop group * ''Roman'' (album), by Sound Horizon, 2006 * ''Roman'' (EP), by Teen Top, 2011 *" Roman (My Dear Boy)", a 2004 single by Morning Musume Film and television *Film Roman, an American animation studio * ''Roman'' (film), a 2006 American suspense-horror film * ''Romans'' (2013 film), an Indian Malayalam comedy film * ''Romans'' (2017 film), a British drama film * ''The Romans'' (''Doctor Who''), a serial in British TV series People *Roman (given name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters *Roman (surname), including a list of people named Roman or Romans *Ῥωμα ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religious Organizations Established In 1856
Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements; however, there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacred things, faith,Tillich, P. (1957) ''Dynamics of faith''. Harper Perennial; (p. 1). a supernatural being or supernatural beings or "some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest of life". Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, public service, or other aspects of human culture. Religions have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Dioceses In China
The Catholic Church in China comprises 152 Latin jurisdictions: * 21 ecclesiastical provinces (including one for Taiwan), consisting of 21 Metropolitan archdioceses and 100 suffragan dioceses * 29 Apostolic Prefectures * 1 exempt diocese, the diocese of Macau * 1 Apostolic Administration, the Apostolic Administration of Harbin Furthermore, the Eastern Catholic (Byzantine rite) Russian Greek Catholic Church has an exempt Apostolic exarchate for China in Harbin. There is an Apostolic Nunciature as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) to China, in Taipei, national capital of Taiwan, also charged with Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. The Catholic Church recognizes the Republic of China as the sole government for all of China; nevertheless, it does not recognize all of its territorial claims. The term “China” has to be understood as including Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan in its 1949 provincial boundaries and Mainland China as effectively controlled by the People's R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imprimerie De La Mission Catholique (Sienhsien)
The Imprimerie de la mission catholique, Sienhsien was a significant printing press established by Jesuit fathers in Sienhsien (pinyin: Xianxian 献县), China, in 1874. About the press The Imprimerie was created to publish devotional materials and sinological works. These volumes were studied widely by the foreign communities in China, and reprinted in several editions over subsequent decades. It also printed paper money (there are four examples, signed by Eugene Kammerer, in the British Museum collection, with photographs of the printing establishment). Publications published or printed by the press The Imprimerie printed publications for several organisations, including the Musée Hoangho Paiho. The publisher name and address printed on many of its publications were: Mission de Sien Hsien, Race Course Road, Tien Tsin.P. A. PavlovReptiles and Amphibia collected in 1932 by the staff of the Hoang ho Pai ho Museum Tien Tsin: Mission de Sien Hsien, 1933 (Publications du Musée ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Languillat
Adrien-Hippolyte Languillat SJ (1808–1878) was a French Jesuit and missionary in China. He was titular bishop of Sergiopolis (1856–1878) and vicar apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li (1856–1864) and Kiangnan (1864–1878). Life Adrien-Hippolyte Languillat was born in Chantemerle, district of Épernay (Marne), on 28 September 1808. He was a French bishop who was Bishop in partibus of Sergiopolis, Apostolic Vicar of Nanjing and Honorary Member of the Société d'Agriculture, Commerce, Sciences et Arts de la Marne. Languillat was ordained in Châlons-sur-Marne and was immediately placed as vicar in the parish of Notre-Dame, from where he was soon called to be parish priest of the Saint-Alpin church in Châlons. In 1841, he joined the Society of Jesus and went to China as a missionary. In 1856, he was created Bishop in partibus of Sergiopolis, and appointed Apostolic Vicar of the new Apostolic Vicariate of the South-East Zheli, in the province of Nanjing, then in 1865, he was tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Maquet (Jesuit)
Henri Maquet (; 30 August 1839 – 27 November 1909) was a Belgian architect, best known for his work for King Leopold II of Belgium. Born in Brussels, Maquet trained in Liege, at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, then worked in the office of Hendrik Beyaert. His work includes: * , Ostend, 1900-1903 * Royal Military Academy, Avenue de la Renaissance, with Henri Van Dievoet, circa 1900 * Completion of the Royal Palace of Brussels, 1904 * Work at the Brussels Park Brussels Park (french: Parc de Bruxelles, ; nl, Warandepark) is the largest urban public park in central Brussels, Belgium. Formerly known and still sometimes colloquially referred to as the Royal Park (french: Parc royal, nl, Koninklijk Park ..., 1907 References Sources * 1839 births 1909 deaths Architects from Brussels {{Belgium-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Lécroart
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * Henri I, Duke of Nemours (1572–1632), the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este * Henri II, Duke of Nemours (1625–1659), the seventh Duc de Nemours * Henri, Count of Harcourt (1601–1666), French nobleman * Henri, Dauphin of Viennois (1296–1349), bishop of Metz * Henri de Gondi (other) * Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555–1623), member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne * Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857–1923), French mountain climber * Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), the head of state of Luxembourg * Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French Huguenot soldier and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng
François-Xavier is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * François-Xavier Archambault (1841–1893), a lawyer and political figure in Quebec * François-Xavier Audouin (1765–1837), a French clergyman and politician during the French Revolution * François-Xavier Babineau (1825–1890), a Canadian Catholic priest * François-Xavier Bélanger (1833–1882), a French-Canadian naturalist and museum curator * François-Xavier Bellamy (born 1985), French philosopher and politician * François-Xavier Brunet (1868–1922), a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec * François-Xavier Cloutier (1848–1934), a Canadian Roman Catholic Bishop * François-Xavier de Donnea (born 1941), a Belgian politician * François-Xavier de Feller (1735–1802), a Belgian author * François-Xavier de Peretti, a French politician * François-Xavier Dulac (1841–1890), a farmer, merchant and political figure in Quebec * François-Xavier Dumorti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
