The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiading (formerly spelled Kiating; la, Dioecesis Chiatimensis; zh, t=天主教嘉定教區, s=天主教嘉定教区), also known as Diocese of Leshan ( zh, t=天主教樂山教區, s=天主教乐山教区, labels=no) according to the government controlled

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, is a

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located in the city of

Leshan Leshan, formerly known as Jiading or Jiazhou, is a prefecture-level city located at the confluence of the Dadu and Min rivers in Sichuan Province, China. Leshan is located on the southwestern fringe of the Sichuan Basin in southern Sichuan, abou ...

(formerly Jiading Prefecture) in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in western China. It was established on July 10, 1929 as an

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for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan), its episcopal see was initially located in Yachow (present-day

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Territory

The Diocese of Jiading covers

(), Emeishan (),

Meishan Meishan (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Mi2san1; local pronunciation: ; ), formerly known as Meizhou () or Qingzhou (), is a prefecture-level city with 2,955,219 inhabitants as of 2020 census whom 1,232,648 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of th ...

(), and

(). It is bordered by the Diocese of Kangding to the west, Diocese of Ningyuan to the southwest, Diocese of Suifu to the south and east, and Diocese of Chengdu to the north.

History

* July 10, 1929: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Yachow () from the Apostolic Vicariate of Suifu () * March 3, 1933: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Yachow * February 9, 1938: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiating () * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Kiating

Bishops

; Apostolic Prefect of Yachow * , October 22, 1929 – March 3, 1933 ; Apostolic Vicars of Yachow * Matthias Li Jun-ho, March 3, 1933 – August 4, 1935 * , July 7, 1936 – February 9, 1938 ; Apostolic Vicar of Kiating * Fabian Yu Yuwen, February 9, 1938 – March 6, 1943 ; Bishops of Kiating/Jiading * Paul Deng Jizhou, June 9, 1949 – August 10, 1990 * Matthew Luo Duxi, September 21, 1993 – December 4, 2009 * Paul Lei Shiyin, June 29, 2011 –

References

* * Christian organizations established in 1929 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub

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