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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Nancheng
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nancheng ( la, Nancemen(sis), ) is a diocese located in Nancheng (Jiangxi) in the Ecclesiastical province of Nanchang in China. History * November 29, 1932: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jianchangfu 建昌府 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Yujiang 餘江 * December 13, 1938: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nancheng 南城 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Nancheng 南城 Leadership * Bishops of Nancheng 南城 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Patrick Cleary Patrick Cleary (3 March 1886 – 23 October 1970) was an Irish missionary priest who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nancheng, China. An educator, he established a seminary in Nancheng. In 1949, the People's Republic of China ..., S.S.C.M.E. (April 11, 1946 – October 23, 1970) * Vicars Apostolic of Nancheng 南城 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. (December 13, 1938 – April 11, 1946) * Prefects Apostolic of Jianchangfu 建昌府 (Roman Rite) ... [...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] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Nanchang
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanchang ( la, Nanciamen(sis), ) is an archdiocese based in the city of Nanchang in China. History *1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo/Ningxian ( la, Nimpuovensis, ) is a diocese located in the city of Ningbo (Zhejiang) in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China. The diocese has two cathedral churches but only one has the seat of the ... * 1838: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi * 1846: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi * August 19, 1879: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kiangsi * August 25, 1920: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiujiang * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanchang * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nanchang Leadership * Archbishops of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman rite) ** Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Rite
Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church '' sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once dominated. Its language is now known as Ecclesiastical Latin. The most used rite is the Roman Rite. The Latin rites were for many centuries no less numerous than the liturgical rites of the Eastern autonomous particular churches. Their number is now much reduced. In the aftermath of the Council of Trent, in 1568 and 1570 Pope Pius V suppressed the breviaries and missals that could not be shown to have an antiquity of at least two centuries (see Tridentine Mass and Roman Missal). Many local rites that remained legitimate even after this decree were abandoned voluntarily, especially in the 19th century. In the second half of the 20th century, most of the religious orders that had a distinct liturgical rite chose to adopt in its place t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sede Vacante
''Sede vacante'' ( in Latin.) is a term for the state of a diocese while without a bishop. In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the term is used to refer to the vacancy of the bishop's or Pope's authority upon his death or resignation. History Early in church history, the archpriest, archdeacon, and ''primicerius of the notaries'' in the papal court made a regency council which governed the sede vacante period. It was the obligation of the Camerarius (papal chamberlain), the head of the Camera Apostolica, to formally establish the death of the pope. Gradually, this evolved in the theory that the Camerarius, as the chief of the curia, should conduct normal business even after the death of the pope, and also conduct the burial and the preparation for the new election. this process was evident with Camerarius Boso Breakspeare. During the long sede vacante of 1268 to 1271, the importance of the Camerarius was so clear that the Cardinals were ready to elect a new one if he di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into dioceses based on the civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situation must have hardly survived Julian, 361–363. Episcopal courts are not heard of again in the East until 398 and in the West in 408. The quality of these courts w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancheng County
Nancheng () is a county of eastern Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou. Historically it has been known as Jianchangfu (Kienchang) (). Administrative divisions In the present, Nancheng County has 9 towns and 3 townships. ;9 towns ;3 townships * Xujia () * Tianjingyuan () * Xunxi () Demographics The population of the district was in 1999.National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, ''in'China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS/ref> Climate Nancheng County has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ... ''Cfa''), with long, humid, very hot summers and cool and drier winters with occasional cold sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiangxi
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north into hillier areas in the south and east, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to the northwest. The name "Jiangxi" is derived from the Circuit (administrative division), circuit administrated under the Tang dynasty in 733, Jiangnanxidao (; Gan: Kongnomsitau). The abbreviation for Jiangxi is "" (; Gan Chinese, Gan: Gōm), for the Gan River which runs across from the south to the north and flows into the Yangtze River. Jiangxi is also alternately called ''Ganpo Dadi'' () which literally means the "Great Land of Gan and Poyang Lake, Po". After the fall of the Qing dynasty, Jiangxi became one of the earliest bases for the Communists an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of several dioceses (or eparchies), one of them being the archdiocese (or archeparchy), headed by a metropolitan bishop or archbishop who has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over all other bishops of the province. In the Greco-Roman world, ''ecclesia'' ( grc, ἐκκλησία; la, ecclesia) was used to refer to a lawful assembly, or a called legislative body. As early as Pythagoras, the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs. This is the meaning taken in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (the Septuagint), and later adopted by the Christian community to refer to the assembly of believers. In the history of Western world (sometimes more precisely as Greco-Roman world) adopted by the Roman Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Prefecture
An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it usually has an (embryonal) see, it is often not called after such city but rather after a natural or administrative (in many cases colonial) geographical area. If a prefecture grows and flourishes, it may be elevated to an apostolic vicariate, headed by a titular bishop, in the hope that with time the region will generate enough Catholics and stability for its Catholic institutions, to warrant being established as a diocese. Both these stages remain missionary, hence exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See (notably the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples), normally not part of an ecclesiastical province. The full sequence of development is: independent mission, apostolic prefecture, apostolic vicariate, apostolic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Yujiang
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yujiang/Yükíang ( la, Iüchiamen(sis), ) is a diocese located in Yujiang (Jiangxi) in the Ecclesiastical province of Nanchang in China. History * August 28, 1885: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Kiangsi 江西東境 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kiangsi 江西北境 * August 25, 1920: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou 抚州 * June 1, 1921: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yujiang 餘江 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Yujiang 餘江 Leadership * Bishops of Yujiang 餘江 (Roman rite) ** Bishop John Peng Weizhao (2014–), from 2012 as Apostolic Administrator ** Bishop Thomas Zeng Jing-mu (1988 – 2012) ** Bishop William Charles Quinn, C.M. (April 11, 1946 – March 12, 1960) * Vicars Apostolic of Yujiang 餘江 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop William Charles Quinn, C.M. (May 28, 1940 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop Paul Bergan Misner, C.M. (December 10, 1934 – November 3, 1938) ** Bishop Edward T. Sheeh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is called episcopacy. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the ministerial priesthood, given responsibil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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