The Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde ( la, Ciamtean(us), ) is a

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Latin

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in the

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Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...

, in Central China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its episcopal see is the city of

Changde Changde ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. In addition to the urban districts, Changde also administers the county-level city of Jinshi City, Jinshi and six counties. Changde is adjacent ...

. No statistics available. It is vacant since 1965, but has an

Apostolic administrator An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

since 2012.

History

* Established on 19 September 1879 as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Hunan 湖南北境, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan 湖南 * Renamed on 3 December 1924, after its see, as Apostolic Vicariate of Changde 常德 / Changteh / de Changteh (Latin) * Lost territory repeatedly : on 1925.03.13 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Chenzhou 辰州, on 1931.05.06 to establish the

Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian The Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian is Latin rite pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Lixian (Li County, Hunan), central China. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical provinc ...

澧縣 and on 1931.05.07 to establish the

Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang The Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang is Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Yueyang, Hunan province, central China. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province), and ...

岳陽 * Promoted on 11 April 1946 as Diocese of Changde 常德 / Changteh / Ciamtean(us) (Latin)

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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) http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chan3.htm GCatholic.org ;''Apostolic Vicars of Northern Hunan'' 湖南北境 *'' Pro-Apostolic Vicar Father Elías Suárez,

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'' (O.E.S.A.) (born Spain) (1879.09.19 – retired 1884.07.25), died 1885 *'' Pro-Vicar Apostolic Saturnino de La Torre Merino,

'' (O.E.S.A.) (born Spain) (1884.07.25 – 1896), died 1916 * Luis Pérez y Pérez (born Spain) (10 March 1896 – death 15 April 1910),

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

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(1896.03.10 – 1910.04.15) *''Father Agustín González'', O.E.S.A. (born Spain) (1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed), Titular Bishop of Adraha (1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed) * Juvencio Hospital de la Puebla, O.S.A. (born Spain) (18 September 1911 – retired March 1917), Titular Bishop of

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(1911.09.18 – death 1957.10.04) * Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. (born Spain) (22 March 1917 – 3 December 1924 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Calœ (1917.03.22 – death 1940.06.28) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Changde'' 常德 * Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. (''see above'' December 2, 1924 – retired November 16, 1938) * Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. (11 December 1939 – 11 April 1946 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Zorolus (1939.12.11 – 1946.04.11) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Changde'' 常德 * Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. (''see above'' 11 April 1946 – death 23 April 1965) *'' Michael Yan Gao-jian'' (楊高堅), O.S.A. (1958 – ?), without papal mandate *''

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Methodius Qu Ai-lin'' (屈藹林) (2012 – ...), while Metropolitan Archbishop of

長沙 (China) (2012 - ...); also Apostolic Administrator of its three

dioceses

Yuanling Yuanling County () is a county of Hunan, Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Huaihua, Huaihua Prefecturel-level City. Located in northwest of the province, Yuanling is in the border locations of Huaihua, Xiangxi Tujia and Mia ...

沅陵 and Hengzhou 衡州, Apostolic Administrator of

澧縣 (China), Apostolic Administrator of

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永州, Apostolic Administrator of

岳陽, Apostolic Administrator of

Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, ...

湘潭, Apostolic Administrator of

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寶慶 (all China, all 2012 - ...)..

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections

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