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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ningyuan
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningyuan/Xichang ( la, Dioecesis Nimiuenensis; zh, t=天主教甯遠教區) is a diocese located in the city of Xichang in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chongqing, Chongqing in China. History * August 12, 1910: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Jianchang (Kien-tchang; 建昌) from the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan 南四川 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ningyuanfu (; Lin-yuen-fou; 甯遠府) * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Ningyuan (; 甯遠) Leadership * Bishops of Ningyuan 甯遠 (Roman rite) ** Bishop John Lei Jia-pei (December 2, 2016 – present) ** Bishop Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. (April 11, 1946 – August 6, 1954) * Vicars Apostolic of Ningyuanfu 甯遠府 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. (March 18, 1927 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain, M.E.P. (March 31, 1918 – September 30, 1925) * Vicars Aposto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Of The Angels, Xichang
The Cathedral of the Angels, commonly referred to as Xichang Catholic Church ( zh, s=西昌天主堂, w=Hsi-chʻang Tʻien-chu-tʻang, p=Xīchāng Tiānzhǔtáng, links=no), and also known as Yong'angong Church ( zh, t=永安公敎堂, w=Yung-an-kung Chiao-tʻang, p=Yǒng'āngōng Jiàotáng, l=Church of Eternal Peace, links=no) during the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republican Era. is the Catholic Church in Sichuan, Roman Catholic cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningyuan, Diocese of Ningyuan, situated on Sanya Street, Xichang (formerly known as Ningyuan), in Sichuan's Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Description Roman Catholicism was introduced into Ningyuan, land of the Yi people, Nosu tribes, in the 18th century. The French missionary was put in charge of the Evangelism, evangelistic work in this region by Paris Foreign Missions Society since 1903. Under Guébriant's supervision, construction of the Cathedral of the Angels started in 1908. The structure con ... [...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 responsibility b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Dioceses In Sichuan
The presence of the Catholic Church in the Chinese province of Sichuan (formerly romanized as Szechwan or Szechuan in English; and Sutchuen, Setchuen, Sétchouan in French; la, Ecclesia Catholica in Seciuen) dates back to 1640, when two missionaries, Lodovico Buglio and Gabriel de Magalhães, through Jesuit China missions, entered the province and spent much of the 1640s doing evangelism. The Yongzheng edict of 1724 proscribed Christianity in the Qing empire and declared foreign missionaries . Catholics in Sichuan learned how to make do without ordained priests. When the Qing became ever more possessed by the idea that Catholics belonged to a "heretical" organization (as contrasted with the "orthodoxy" of Confucianism) which might threaten the empire's order and rule, district magistrates found it convenient to manipulate non-Catholic communities against the Catholics, leading to discrimination as well as social and political pressure against Catholic families. As a conseq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church In Sichuan
The presence of the Catholic Church in the Chinese province of Sichuan (formerly romanized as Szechwan or Szechuan in English; and Sutchuen, Setchuen, Sétchouan in French; la, Ecclesia Catholica in Seciuen) dates back to 1640, when two missionaries, Lodovico Buglio and Gabriel de Magalhães, through Jesuit China missions, entered the province and spent much of the 1640s doing evangelism. The Yongzheng edict of 1724 proscribed Christianity in the Qing empire and declared foreign missionaries . Catholics in Sichuan learned how to make do without ordained priests. When the Qing became ever more possessed by the idea that Catholics belonged to a "heretical" organization (as contrasted with the "orthodoxy" of Confucianism) which might threaten the empire's order and rule, district magistrates found it convenient to manipulate non-Catholic communities against the Catholics, leading to discrimination as well as social and political pressure against Catholic families. As a consequenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Western China
The Diocese of Western China ( zh, t=聖公會華西教區, w=Shêng Kung Hui Hua Hsi Chiao Chʽü, l=Anglican Diocese of Western China), also known as Diocese of Szechwan ( zh, t=聖公會四川教區, w=Shêng Kung Hui Ssu Chʽuan Chiao Chʽü, l=Anglican Diocese of Szechwan, links=no) or Hua Hsi Diocese (), was an Anglican diocese in late-Qing-dynasty and Republican China, established in 1895, under the supervision of the Church of England. It had belonged to the Church in China since its outset, and had been part of the Chinese Anglican Church since 1912. In 1936, it was divided into the Diocese of East Szechwan () and Diocese of West Szechwan (). History The Cambridge Seven, who were missionaries to China through the China Inland Mission (CIM), arrived in Shanghai in 1885. Three of them —William Cassels, Arthur T. Polhill-Turner and Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp— were sent up by the CIM into the Western Province of Szechwan, where they established a proper Church of ... [...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] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Chongqing
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] |
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United States, areas of jurisdiction apply to local, state, and federal levels. Jur ... in Christianity, Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of several diocese, dioceses (or eparchy, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
