The Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian is Latin rite pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Lixian (

Li County, Hunan Li County, or Lixian () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. The County is located on the north in Hunan Province, it borders to the north by Songzi City and Gong'an County ...

), central China. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the

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(not part of any

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), and on its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. No statistics available. It borders on its mother diocese

Changde Changde ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. In addition to the urban districts, Changde also administers the county-level city of Jinshi City, Jinshi and six counties. Changde is adjacent ...

and those of

Yuanling Yuanling County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Huaihua Prefecturel-level City. Located in northwest of the province, Yuanling is in the border locations of Huaihua, Xiangxi, Zhangjiajie, Changde and Y ...

沅陵 and

Yichang Yichang (), alternatively romanized as Ichang, is a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, China. It is the third largest city in the province after the capital, Wuhan and the prefecture-level city Xiangyang, by urban populati ...

宜昌 as well as on the

Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi :''See Shashi for namesakes'' Shashi () is a district within the main urban area of Jingzhou, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is located on the left (northern) bank of the Yangtze River, between Yichang and Wuhan. History * Shas ...

沙市 and

Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang The Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang is Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Yueyang, Hunan province, central China. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province), and ...

岳陽. It is vacant, under an

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since 2012.

History

Established on 6 May 1931 as

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of Lixian 澧縣 (中文) / Lizhou 澧州 (中文) / Lichow / Lichoven(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Changde (常德, now a diocese).

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Apostolic Prefects of Lixian 澧縣'' * Father Ippolito Martínez y Martínez,

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(O.S.A.) (born Spain) (1932.01.16 – death 1963) *''Li Zhen-lin (李震林) (1958 – death 1970?), without papal mandate'' *''Anthony Wang Zi-cheng (王子澄) (1987 – death 1995.05.24), without papal mandate'' *''

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Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (2012– ...), while Metropolitan Archbishop of

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...

長沙 (China) (2012– ...); also Apostolic Administrator of its three

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dioceses

沅陵,

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengzhou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengzhou/Hengchow/Hengyang ( la, Hemceuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Hengyang (Hunan) in the Ecclesiastical province of Changsha in China. History * July 23, 1930: Established as Apostolic Vicaria ...

衡州 and

Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde The Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde ( la, Ciamtean(us), ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Changsha, in Central China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its epi ...

常德, Apostolic Administrator of

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永州, Apostolic Administrator of

岳陽, Apostolic Administrator of

Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, ...

湘潭, Apostolic Administrator of

Apostolic Prefecture of Baoqing Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles * Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Chur ...

寶慶 (all China, all 2012 – ...).''

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