The Apostolic Prefecture of Yixian is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in the

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Baoding Baoding (), formerly known as Baozhou and Qingyuan, is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately southwest of Beijing. As of the 2010 census, Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants out of which 2,176,857 lived in the b ...

History

On 1929.05.25, the jurisdiction was established as

Mission sui juris A mission ''sui iuris'', or in Latin ''missio sui iuris'' (plural ''missions sui iuris''); also spelled mission(s) sui juris), also known as an independent mission, is a rare type of Roman Catholic missionary pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction, rankin ...

of Yixian 易縣 (中文) alias Yihsien, on territories split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Beijing 北京 and Apostolic Vicariate of Baodingfu 保定府). Promoted on 9 December 1935 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 Yixian, remaining exempt (directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province) and not entitled to a titular bishop.

Ordinaries

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Roman rite The Roman Rite ( la, Ritus Romanus) is the primary liturgical rite of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. It developed in the Latin language in the city of Rome and, while di ...

; ) ; '' Ecclesiastical superior of the Mission ''sui iuris'' of Yixian'' * Father Tarcisio Martina (馬迪懦), Stigmatines (C.S.S.) (1929.10.22 – 1935.12.09 ''see below'') ; ''Apostolic Prefects of Yixian'' *

Tarcisio Martina Tarcisio or Tarcísio is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: * Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti (1899–1972), Italian Roman Catholic bishop *Tarcisio Bertone (born 1934), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal *Tarcisio Catanese (1967– ...

(馬迪懦), C.S.S. (''see above'' 1935.12.09 – death 1961.11.12) *

Francis Zhou Shan-fu Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places *Rural Mu ...

(周善夫) (1981–1988) *

Paul Song Wei-li Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

(宋維禮),

Lazarists , logo = , image = Vincentians.png , abbreviation = CM , nickname = Vincentians, Paules, Lazarites, Lazarists, Lazarians , established = , founder = Vincent de Paul , fou ...

(C.M.) (1982 – 1996.07.20); previously uncanonical Auxiliary Bishop of

Xianxian Xian County or Xianxian () is a county in the east of Hebei province of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Cangzhou. Administrative divisions Towns: * Leshou (), Huaizhen (), Guozhuang (), Hechengjie () T ...

獻縣 (China) (1982 – 1994.05.06); later uncanonical Bishop of the same Xianxian (1994.05.06 – 1996.07.20) *

Peter Liu Guan-dong Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

(劉冠東) (1988–1996), succeeding as previous

Coadjutor Bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co- ...

of Yixian (1982–1988) *

Cosmas Shi En-xiang Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name ( grc-gre, Κοσμᾶς), from Ancient Greek Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), associated with the noun κόσμος (kósmos), meaning "universe", and the verb κοσμέω (to order, govern, adorn) linked to proprie ...

(師恩祥) (1996 – 2015.01), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian * (''sede vacante'')

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History

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