The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou ( la, Hancheuvensis, ) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan

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, based in

Hankou Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (), was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China. It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers whe ...

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city a ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The p ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. Its archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of St. Joseph, in Hankou, Wuhan. It is since 1961, due to the political situation, a vacant 'underground' (arch)diocese, without

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History

* Established in 1696 as Apostolic Vicariate of Hupeh and Hunan 湖廣 / Houkouang, on territory split off from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

* Renamed on 8 April 1856 as Apostolic Vicariate of Hupeh 湖北 / Hu-pé, having lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan 湖南) * Lost territory on 1870.09.02 to establish

Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Hupeh The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yichang/Ichang ( la, Iciamen(sis), ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou, Archbishopric of Hankou in central China, yet depends on the ...

湖北南境 * Renamed on September 11, 1870 as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Hupeh, having lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北) * Renamed on December 12, 1923 after its see as Apostolic Vicariate of Hankou * Lost territories again : on 1929.07.18 to establish

Mission sui juris of Huangzhou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Qizhou/Kichow/Qichun ( la, Chiceuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in Qizhou (in modern Hubei) in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou, Hankou in China. History * July 18, 1929: Estab ...

黃州 and on 1937.06.17 to establish

Apostolic Prefecture of Suixian Suizhou (), formerly Sui County (), is a prefecture-level city in northern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan province to the north and east. Etymology The Sui in Suizhou is derived from the ancient 'Suishizu' () . A ...

隨縣 * Promoted on 1946.04.11 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hankou

Ecclesiastical province

Its

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sees are : *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hanyang The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hanyang ( la, Haniamen(sis), ) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Hankou in PR China, yet still depends on the Roman missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathed ...

漢陽 *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Laohekou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Laohekou/Laohokow ( la, Laohocheuven(sis), ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Hankou in central China, but depends on the missionary Roman Congregation ...

* Puqi 蒲圻 *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Qizhou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Qizhou/Kichow/Qichun ( la, Chiceuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in Qizhou (in modern Hubei) in the Ecclesiastical province of Hankou in China. History * July 18, 1929: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of ...

蘄州 *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Shinan The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shinan/Shíhnan/Enshi ( la, Scenanen(sis), ) is a (dormant?) suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan archbishopric of Hankou in central China, yet depends on the missionary Congrega ...

施南 *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Wuchang The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wuchang ( la, Uciamen(sis), ) is a diocese located in the Wuchang District of Wuhan (Hubei) in the Ecclesiastical province of Hankou in China. History * December 12, 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Wuch ...

武昌 *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiangyang The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiangyang/Siangyang ( la, Siamiamen(sis), ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Hankou in central China, yet it depends on the missionary Roman Congregatio ...

襄陽 *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Yichang The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yichang/Ichang ( la, Iciamen(sis), ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Hankou in central China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the ...

宜昌

Episcopal ordinaries

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) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Hupeh and Hunan 湖廣'' *

Giovanni Francesco Nicolai Giovanni Francesco Nicolai, O.F.M. (died 1737) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang (1696–1737), Titular Archbishop of ''Myra'' (1712–1737), and Titular Bishop of ''Berytus'' (1696–1712). ''(in Latin)''< ...

(s) (余宜閣), Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (born Italy) (1696.10.20 – death 1737.12.27),

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(1712.08.20 – 1737.12.27), previously Bishop of

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...

南京 (China) (1691 – 1696.10.20),

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 a ...

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(1696.10.20 – 1712.08.20) * Giacomo Luigi Fontana (馮),

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(M.E.P.) (born Italy) (1838 – death 1838.07.11),

of Sinita (1817.05.24 – 1838.07.11); previously Apostolic Vicar of

Szechwan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of th ...

四川 (China) (1817.05.24 – 1838) * Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. (born Italy) (1839.08.30 – retired 1856.04.08), Titular Bishop of Arad (1839.08.30 – death 1862.04.13) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Hupeh 湖北東境'' * Luigi Celestino Spelta (), Reformed Friars Minor (O.F.M. Ref.) (born Italy) (1856.04.08 – 1862.09.02),

of Thespia (1848.09.17 – death 1862.09.02); next Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Kiangnan 江南 (China) (1848.09.17 – 1856.04.08) * Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (), O.F.M. (born Italy) (1862.09.01 – 1870.09.11 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of

Eleutheropolis Eleutheropolis (Greek, Ἐλευθερόπολις, "Free City"; ar, إليوثيروبوليس; in Hebrew, בית גוברין, Beit Gubrin) was a Roman and Byzantine city in Syria Palaestina, some 53 km southwest of Jerusalem. After the Mu ...

(1857.08.06 – 1883.05.17); succeeding as previous Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh 湖北 (1857.08.06 – 1862.09.01), earlier Titular Bishop of Magyddus (1856.12.04 – 1857.08.06 not possessed) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境'' * Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (明位篤), O.F.M. (''see above'' 1870.09.11 – death 1883.05.17) * Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. (born Italy) (18 June 1884 – death 24 July 1909), Titular Bishop of

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(1884.06.18 – 1909.07.24) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Hankou 漢口'' * Graziano Génnaro, O.F.M. (24 July 1909 – death 1923.12.19),

of Hiericho (1906.08.25 – 1923.12.19), succeeding as previous Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (1906.08.25 – 1909.07.24) *''

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 adm ...

Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. (希賢) (born Italy) (1925 – succession 26 January 1927), Titular Bishop of Joppe (1910.02.15 – death 10 December 1944); previously

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of Northern Shansi 山西北境 (China) (1910.02.15 – 1916.07.07), Apostolic Vicar of Central Shensi 陝西中境 (China) (1916.07.07 – 1924.12.03), Apostolic Vicar of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1927.01.26) * Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. (希賢) (26 January 1927 – death 10 December 1944) ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Hankou 漢口'' * Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà (), O.F.M. (born Italy) (1946.07.26 – death 1961.08.08) *''uncanonical Bernardine Dong Guang-qing (董光清), O.F.M. (first native Chinese incumbent) (1958 – 1994 ''see below''), first term without papal mandate * Victor Liu He-de (1984 - death 10 December 2001) * Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. (''see above'' 26 July 1946 – death 8 August 1961), canonical second term with papal mandate * ''long vacancy'' * Francis Cui Qingqi, ordained 8 September 2020Francis Cui Qingqi ordained
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