The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ji'an/Kian ( la, Chinganen(sis), ) is a

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located in the city of

Ji'an Ji'an () is a prefecture-level city situated in the central region of Jiangxi province of the People's Republic of China while bordering Hunan province to the west. It has an area of and as of the 2020 census, had a population of 4,469,176, of ...

(

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

) in the

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Nanchang Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east ...

in China.

History

* August 19, 1879: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境 from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanchang ( la, Nanciamen(sis), ) is an archdiocese based in the city of Nanchang in China. History *1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi * 18 ...

江西 * August 25, 1920: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jing’an 吉安 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ji’anfu 吉安府 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Ji’an 吉安

Leadership

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s of Ji'an 吉安 (Roman rite) ** Bishop

Gaetano Mignani Gaetano Mignani (31 August 1882 – 29 January 1973) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Apostolic vicar of Kianfu (Ji'an Prefecture), he became the first Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ji'an when the reg ...

, C.M. (April 11, 1946 – January 29, 1973) * Vicars Apostolic of Ji'anfu 吉安府 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Gaetano Mignani, C.M. (October 15, 1931 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop

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, C.M. (July 3, 1907 – October 15, 1931) * Vicars Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Jules-Auguste Coqset, C.M. (順其衡) (June 29, 1887 – May 3, 1907) ** Bishop Adrien-François Rouger, C.M. (September 7, 1883 – March 31, 1887)

References

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Religious organizations established in 1879 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century Religion in Jiangxi Ji'an {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub