The Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang is Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in

Yueyang Yueyang, formerly known as Yuezhou or Yochow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern shores of Dongting Lake and Yangtze in the northeastern corner of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China. Yueyang has an administrative area of a ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

province, central China. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the

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(not part of any

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), and on its missionary

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. No statistics available. It borders on its mother diocese Changde and

Roman Catholic Diocese of Puqi The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puqi/Puchi ( la, Puchivan(us), ) is a diocese located in the city of Puqi (Hubei) in the Ecclesiastical province of Hankou in China. History * December 12, 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Puqi 蒲圻 fr ...

蒲圻, on the archdioceses of Nanchang 南昌 and

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 ...

長沙 and on the Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian 澧縣. It is vacant, under an

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since 2012.

History

Established on 7 May 1931 as Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang 岳陽 (中文) / Yuezhou 岳州 (中文) / Yochow / Yochoven(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Changde (常德, now a diocese).

Episcopal ordinaries

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(O.S.A.) (born Spain) (1932.01.16 – death 1964) * James Li Shu-ren (李樹仁), O.S.A. (1958–?), without papal mandate; died 1997 *''

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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

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dioceses Yuanling 沅陵,

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengzhou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengzhou/Hengchow/Hengyang ( la, Hemceuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Hengyang (Hunan) in the Ecclesiastical province of Changsha in China. History * July 23, 1930: Established as Apostolic Vicaria ...

衡州 and

Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde The Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde ( la, Ciamtean(us), ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Changsha, in Central China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its epis ...

常德, Apostolic Administrator of

Apostolic Prefecture of Yongzhou Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles * Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Chur ...

永州, Apostolic Administrator of

Apostolic Prefecture of Lixang Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles * Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Chur ...

澧縣, 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, ar ...

湘潭, Apostolic Administrator of

Apostolic Prefecture of Baoqing Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...

寶慶 (all China, all 2012 – ...).

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