The Apostolic Prefecture of Shiqian ( Shihtsien,

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) is a Latin pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in

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. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See and its Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, not part of any

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. No cathedral or statistics available. It is vacant since 2011, without

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History

* Established on 1932.03.23 as

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of Shiqian 石阡 (中文) (Shihtsien) / Shihtsienen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Guiyang (貴陽, now a Metropolitan Archdiocese) * Promoted on 1937.12.02 as

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of Shiqian 石阡 (中文) (Shihtsien) / Shihtsienen(sis) (Latin).

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite) ;''Ecclesiastical Superior of Shiqian (Shihtsien) 石阡 '' * Father Luigi Baumeister (包美德),

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(M.S.C.) (born Germany) (1932.11.11 – retired 1937.12.02), died 1946 ;''Apostolic Prefects of Shiqian (Shihtsien) 石阡 '' * Father Matthias Buchholz (步堅牧), M.S.C. (born Germany) (1937.12.10 – retired 1983), died 1991 * Augustine Hu Da-guo (胡大國) (1997 – death 2011.02.17), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1987–1997) * ''vacancy.''

Sources and external links

GCathholic, with Google map - data for all sections
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