The Apostolic Prefecture of Lindong (or Lintung) is a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, not entitled to a titular bishop, in
China
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.
It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
History
On 1937.05.18, it was established as
Apostolic Prefecture of
Lindong
Lindong () is a town in the Balin Left Banner, Chifeng, within the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The town has an area of , and a population of 68,000, according to a 2020 publication by the Balin Left Banner ...
林東 (中文) alias Lintung, on territory split off from the then
Apostolic Vicariate of Szepingkai
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Its episcopal seat is at Sacred Heart Cathedral located in the ci ...
四平街).
Ordinaries
''(all
Roman rite
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;''Apostolic Prefects of Lindong''
* Edgar Larochelle (藍德),
Society of Foreign Missions (P.M.E.) (1937.07.23 – 1938), later
Superior General
A superior general or general superior is the leader or head of a religious institute in the Catholic Church and some other Christian denominations. The superior general usually holds supreme executive authority in the religious community, while t ...
of the Society of Foreign Missions (1938.07.11 – 1958.02.19)
* Joseph-Albany-Emilien Massé (馬), P.M.E. (1939.03.31 – 1943.07.29)
* Joseph-Rolland-Gustave Prévost-Godard (趙玉明), P.M.E. (1946.11.28 – 1956.11.11), later
Apostolic Vicar of
Pucallpa
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(Peru) (1956.11.11 – 1989.10.23) &
Titular Bishop
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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 an ...
of
Ammædara (1956.11.11 – 2005.11.13)
* ''uncanonical Francis Xavier Guo Zheng-ji (郭正基) (1990 – death 2004.05.03), consecrated Bishop 1990.10.28 without papal mandate''
* Matthias Du Jiang (杜江) (2004– ...); consecrated Bishop clandestinely 2004.05.07
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in China
The Catholic Church in China (called Tiānzhǔ Jiào, 天主敎, literally "Religion of the Lord of Heaven" after the Chinese term for the Christian God) has a long and complicated history. John of Montecorvino was the first Roman Catholic ...
Source and External links
GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
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Apostolic prefectures
Roman Catholic dioceses in China