The Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang is Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in
Yueyang
Yueyang, formerly known as Yuezhou or Yochow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern shores of Dongting Lake and Yangtze in the northeastern corner of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China.
Yueyang has an administrative area of a ...
,
Hunan
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province, central China.
It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the
Holy See
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(not part of any
ecclesiastical province
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), and on its missionary
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
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.
No statistics available. It borders on its mother diocese
Changde and
Roman Catholic Diocese of Puqi
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puqi/Puchi ( la, Puchivan(us), ) is a diocese located in the city of Puqi (Hubei) in the Ecclesiastical province of Hankou in China.
History
* December 12, 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Puqi 蒲圻 fr ...
蒲圻, on the archdioceses of
Nanchang 南昌 and
Changsha
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長沙 and on the
Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian 澧縣.
It is vacant, under an
Apostolic administrator
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since 2012.
History
Established on 7 May 1931 as
Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang 岳陽 (中文) / Yuezhou 岳州 (中文) / Yochow / Yochoven(sis) (Latin adjective), 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 Angelo de la Calle Fontecha, Augustinians
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(O.S.A.) (born Spain) (1932.01.16 – death 1964)
* James Li Shu-ren (李樹仁), O.S.A. (1958–?), without papal mandate; died 1997
*''Apostolic Administrator
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Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (2012– ...), while Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha
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長沙 (China) (2012– ...); also Apostolic Administrator of its three suffragan
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dioceses Yuanling 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 epis ...
常德, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Yongzhou
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永州, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Lixang
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澧縣, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan
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湘潭, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Baoqing
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寶慶 (all China, all 2012 – ...).
See also
* List of Catholic dioceses in China
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic with Google map - data for all sections
Apostolic prefectures
Roman Catholic dioceses in China
Christianity in Hunan
Yueyang
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