The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nancheng ( la, Nancemen(sis), ) is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

located in Nancheng (

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

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

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

* November 29, 1932: Established as

Apostolic Prefecture An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...

of Jianchangfu 建昌府 from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Yujiang The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yujiang/Yükíang ( la, Iüchiamen(sis), ) is a diocese located in Yujiang (Jiangxi) in the Ecclesiastical province of Nanchang in China. History * August 28, 1885: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Easter ...

餘江 * December 13, 1938: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nancheng 南城 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Nancheng 南城

Leadership

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s of Nancheng 南城 (Roman rite) ** Bishop

Patrick Cleary Patrick Cleary (3 March 1886 – 23 October 1970) was an Irish missionary priest who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nancheng, China. An educator, he established a seminary in Nancheng. In 1949, the People's Republic of China ...

, S.S.C.M.E. (April 11, 1946 – October 23, 1970) * Vicars Apostolic of Nancheng 南城 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. (December 13, 1938 – April 11, 1946) * Prefects Apostolic of Jianchangfu 建昌府 (Roman Rite) ** Fr. Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. (later Bishop) (July 21, 1933 – December 13, 1938)

References

GCatholic.org

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