The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding/Kanting ( la, Dioecesis Camtimensis, zh, t=天主教康定教區) is a Latin

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in the

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of the Metropolitan of Chongqing in western China, but still dependent on the Roman Missionary Congregation Propaganda Fide. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Kangding, know to the Tibetan as Dartsedo. It is vacant since 1962.

Territory

The diocese includes the western part of

Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

and theoretically the entire

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. Specifically, it covers the two historical regions of

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and

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(the latter with its headquarters in

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, separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet in 1920); Western Sichuan such as the counties and cities of

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: Batang, Dapba, Draggo, Garzê, Jagsam, Litang, Nyachukha, Nyagrong, Pelyül, Qagchêng, Rongzhag, Sêrxü, Tatsienlu, Tawu; two counties in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture: Quqên and Tsanlha;

Hanyuan County Hanyuan County () is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Ya'an Ya'an (, Tibetan: Yak-Nga ) is a prefecture-level city in the western part of Sichuan province, China, located just below the Tibetan Plateau. Th ...

in Central Sichuan; counties in the former province of Hsikang: , , , , ; two counties and one city of

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in Northwestern

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: Dêqên,

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and Weixi; and counties and cities of the Tibet Autonomous Region: Chagyab and Gonjo (

Chamdo Chamdo, officially Qamdo () and also known in Chinese as Changdu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its seat is the town of Chengguan in Karuo District. Chamdo is Tibet's third largest city ...

), Gonggar ( Lhoka), and Lhari (

Nagqu Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, ...

History

* Established on March 27, 1846 as Apostolic Vicariate of Lhassa 拉薩 (after its

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an see), on territory split off from the then

Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

四川 and Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet-Hindustan * Renamed on July 28, 1868 as Apostolic Vicariate of

(; 西藏) * Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tatsienlu (; 打箭爐) * Lost territory on 15 December 1929 to establish the then Mission sui iuris of Sikkim (now diocese of Darjeeling) * Promoted on April 11, 1946 and renamed after its see as Diocese of Kangding (; 康定)

Ordinaries

(all

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) ;'' Apostolic Vicars of Lhassa 拉薩'' *

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(O.F.M. Cap.) (1856.12.19 – 1860),

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(1854.03.08 – 1870.03.11); later Bishop of

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(1874.06.23 – 1879.03.26) &

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of Aquino, Sora e Pontecorvo (Italy) (1874.06.20 – 1879.03.26), succeeded as Bishop of Aquino, Sora e Pontecorvo (1879.03.26 – 1887.03.14), then

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of Tamiathis (1887.03.14 – 1893.01.16), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1891.06.13 – 1893.05.30), created

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of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1893.01.19 – 1895.12.07), Prefect of the Roman Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1893.05.30 – 1895.12.07) * Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures,

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(M.E.P.) (1857.02.17 – 1864.08.28), Titular Bishop of Synopolis (1856.04.04 – 1869.01.25) ;'' Apostolic Vicars of Tibet 西藏'' * Joseph-Marie Chauveau, M.E.P. (1864.09.09 – death 1877.12.21), Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis (1846.03.27 – 1877.12.21), formerly Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of

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雲南 (China) (1846.03.27 – 1864.09.09) * Félix Biet, M.E.P. (1878.08.27 – death 1901.09.09), Titular Bishop of

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(1878.07.23 – 1901.09.09) * Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. (1901.09.09 – 1924.12.03 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of

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(1897.02.15 – 1941.11.13), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China) (1897.02.15 – 1901.09.09) ;'' Apostolic Vicars of Tatsienlu 打箭爐'' * Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. (''see above'' 1924.12.03 – retired 1936.08.09) * Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. (1936.08.06 – 1946.04.11 'see below''), Titular Bishop of

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(1926.11.16 – 1946.04.11), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tatsienlu 打箭爐 (1926.11.11 – 1936.08.06) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Kangding 康定'' * Pierre-Sylvain Valentin,

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(1946.04.11 – death 1962.01.07) * John Baptist Wang Ruohan, ( underground bishop, 1989.11 – ?) * ''indefinite vacancy''

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Kangding Kangding (), also called Tachienlu and Dartsedo (; ), is a county-level city and the seat of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province of Southwest China. Kangding is on the bank of the Dadu River and has been considered the histor ...

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