The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanchang ( la, Nanciamen(sis), ) is an

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based in the city of

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 ...

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History

*1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the

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* 1838: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi * 1846: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi * August 19, 1879: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kiangsi * August 25, 1920: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiujiang * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanchang * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nanchang

Leadership

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of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman rite) ** Archbishop

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(1991–2014) ** Archbishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (July 18, 1946 – 1972) * Vicars Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond, C.M. (July 3, 1931 – February 19, 1944) ** Bishop Louis-Élisée Fatiguet, C.M. (February 24, 1911 – February 13, 1931) * Vicars Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi 江西北境 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Paul-Léon Ferrant, C.M. (September 24, 1905 – November 5, 1910) ** Bishop

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, C.M. (August 19, 1879 – September 24, 1905) * Vicars Apostolic of Kiangsi 江西 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Géraud Bray, C.M. (March 15, 1870 – August 19, 1879) ** Bishop

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, C.M. (顧方濟) (1854 – February 2, 1860) ** Bishop Louis-Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. (田嘉璧 / 田類斯) (February 27, 1852 – June 12, 1854) ** Bishop Bernard-Vincent Laribe, C.M. (March 26, 1846 – July 20, 1850)

Suffragan dioceses

* Ganzhou 贛州 * Ji’an 吉安 * Nancheng 南城 * Yujiang 餘江

Sources

GCatholic.org

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