The Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde ( la, Ciamtean(us), ) is a suffragan Latin

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in the

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Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a popul ...

, in Central China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its episcopal see is the city of

Changde Changde ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. In addition to the urban districts, Changde also administers the county-level city of Jinshi and six counties. Changde is adjacent to Dongt ...

. No statistics available. It is vacant since 1965, but has an

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since 2012.

History

* Established on 19 September 1879 as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Hunan 湖南北境, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan 湖南 * Renamed on 3 December 1924, after its see, as Apostolic Vicariate of Changde 常德 / Changteh / de Changteh (Latin) * Lost territory repeatedly : on 1925.03.13 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Chenzhou 辰州, on 1931.05.06 to establish the

Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian The Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian is Latin rite pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Lixian ( Li County, Hunan), central China. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical provin ...

澧縣 and on 1931.05.07 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang 岳陽 * Promoted on 11 April 1946 as Diocese of Changde 常德 / Changteh / Ciamtean(us) (Latin)

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite) http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chan3.htm GCatholic.org ;''Apostolic Vicars of Northern Hunan'' 湖南北境 *'' Pro-Apostolic Vicar Father Elías Suárez, Augustinians'' (O.E.S.A.) (born Spain) (1879.09.19 – retired 1884.07.25), died 1885 *'' Pro-Vicar Apostolic Saturnino de La Torre Merino, Augustinians'' (O.E.S.A.) (born Spain) (1884.07.25 – 1896), died 1916 * Luis Pérez y Pérez (born Spain) (10 March 1896 – death 15 April 1910),

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of Corycus (1896.03.10 – 1910.04.15) *''Father Agustín González'', O.E.S.A. (born Spain) (1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed), Titular Bishop of Adraha (1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed) * Juvencio Hospital de la Puebla, O.S.A. (born Spain) (18 September 1911 – retired March 1917), Titular Bishop of

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(1911.09.18 – death 1957.10.04) * Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. (born Spain) (22 March 1917 – 3 December 1924 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Calœ (1917.03.22 – death 1940.06.28) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Changde'' 常德 * Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. (''see above'' December 2, 1924 – retired November 16, 1938) * Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. (11 December 1939 – 11 April 1946 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Zorolus (1939.12.11 – 1946.04.11) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Changde'' 常德 * Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. (''see above'' 11 April 1946 – death 23 April 1965) *'' Michael Yan Gao-jian'' (楊高堅), O.S.A. (1958 – ?), without papal mandate *''

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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 suffragan dioceses

Yuanling Yuanling County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Huaihua Prefecturel-level City. Located in northwest of the province, Yuanling is in the border locations of Huaihua, Xiangxi, Zhangjiajie, Changde and Y ...

沅陵 and Hengzhou 衡州, Apostolic Administrator of

澧縣 (China), Apostolic Administrator of

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永州, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang 岳陽, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan 湘潭, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Baoqing 寶慶 (all China, all 2012 - ...)..

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Religious organizations established in 1879 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub