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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanchang ( la, Nanciamen(sis), ) is an archdiocese based in the city of
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

*1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the
Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo/Ningxian ( la, Nimpuovensis, ) is a diocese located in the city of Ningbo (Zhejiang) in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China. The diocese has two cathedral churches but only one has the seat of the ...
* 1838: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi * 1846: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi * August 19, 1879: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kiangsi * August 25, 1920: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiujiang * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanchang * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nanchang


Leadership

* Archbishops of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman rite) ** Archbishop John Wu Shi-zhen (1991–2014) ** Archbishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (July 18, 1946 – 1972) * Vicars Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond, C.M. (July 3, 1931 – February 19, 1944) ** Bishop Louis-Élisée Fatiguet, C.M. (February 24, 1911 – February 13, 1931) * Vicars Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi 江西北境 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Paul-Léon Ferrant, C.M. (September 24, 1905 – November 5, 1910) ** Bishop Géraud Bray, C.M. (August 19, 1879 – September 24, 1905) * Vicars Apostolic of Kiangsi 江西 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Géraud Bray, C.M. (March 15, 1870 – August 19, 1879) ** Bishop François-Xavier Danicourt, C.M. (顧方濟) (1854 – February 2, 1860) ** Bishop Louis-Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. (田嘉璧 / 田類斯) (February 27, 1852 – June 12, 1854) ** Bishop Bernard-Vincent Laribe, C.M. (March 26, 1846 – July 20, 1850)


Suffragan dioceses

* Ganzhou 贛州 * Ji’an 吉安 * Nancheng 南城 * Yujiang 餘江


Sources


GCatholic.org


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