The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Anqing 安慶 / Huaining 懷寧 (

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: ''Huai-ning / Anking'', la, Nganchimen(sis)) is an

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located in the city of

Anqing Anqing (, also Nganking, formerly Hwaining, now the name of Huaining County) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Its population was 4,165,284 as of the 2020 census, with 804,493 living in the ...

in China.

History

* 1929.02.21: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Anqing from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wuhu ( la, Uhuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Wuhu in the Ecclesiastical province of Anqing in China. History * August 8, 1921: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Anhui 安徽 from the Aposto ...

蕪湖 * 1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Anqing

Leadership

* Vicar Apostolic of Anqing 安慶 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Federico Melendro Gutiérrez, S.J. (February 14, 1930 – April 11, 1946 ''see below'') *

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s of Anqing 安慶 (Roman rite) ** Archbishop Federico Melendro Gutiérrez, S.J. (''see above'' April 11, 1946 – October 25, 1978) ** Bishop Joseph Zhu Hua-yu (1997 - February 26, 2005), listed as not in union with the Holy See ** Bishop

Joseph Liu Xinhong Joseph Liu Xinhong (Simplified Chinese: 刘新红, Traditional Chinese: 劉新紅) is the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association-sponsored Bishop of Anhui. As a layman, he was considered the strongman of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, ...

(selected 2005; September 22, 2018)

Suffragan dioceses

* Bengbu 蚌埠 * Wuhu 蕪湖

Sources

GCatholic.org

1929 establishments in China Anqing Christianity in Anhui Christian organizations established in 1929

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